March 4, 2026 Bythewood: Integration, Predictive Space Domain Awareness define S4S mission in 2026 Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, commander of U.S. Space Forces–Space and Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander for U.S. Space Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Tina Timmerman, command senior enlisted leader, emphasized how the command integrates global space operations, predictive space domain
Feb. 27, 2026 S4S command team visits 2 SWS, 11 SWS, and JNWC U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, U.S. Space Forces – Space (S4S) commander and Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Tina Timmerman, S4S command senior enlisted leader, visited the 2nd and 11th Space Warning Squadrons at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., and
Feb. 26, 2026 S4S members mentor students at local STEM event Fostering the next generation of scientists, engineers, and space operators, enlisted leaders from U.S. Space Forces – Space (S4S) volunteered their time to lead interactive stations at the inaugural Crestview Elementary STEM Olympics on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Feb. 26, 2026.
Feb. 24, 2026 USecAF visits NSDC As part of a trip to multiple sites within Colorado Springs, Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier visited the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., Feb. 24, 2026.
Feb. 18, 2026 How S4S-CJFSC supports human spaceflight, NASA When NASA’s Crew-12 launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Feb. 13, 2026, space operators from the 18th and 19th Space Defense Combat Squadrons played a vital role in ensuring the crew’s safe journey to the International Space Station and will provide
Jan. 27, 2026 S4S command team visits Colorado's Front Range U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) commander and Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Tina Timmerman, S4S command senior enlisted leader, visited Guardians across the Front Range in Colo., Jan. 26, 2026.
Jan. 14, 2026 S4S leads the way in largest, most realistic Space Flag yet Guardians assigned to U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) headquarters, the Combined Space Operations Center and the National Space Defense Center recently wrapped up Space Flag 26-1—the latest and largest iteration of the U.S. Space Force’s premier space warfare training exercise—after three weeks of
Dec. 23, 2025 Bythewood sets Integration to Close Kill-Chains as top priority for S4S in 2026 During his first in-person all call since taking command last month, Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood outlined three top priorities for U.S. Space Forces–Space to maintain alignment to U.S. Space Command’s “Year of Integration” heading into 2026: deepening integration across the joint force and with
Dec. 16, 2025 S4S space operator joins working group with NASA, Johns Hopkins on moon return efforts What will it take to have a sustained presence on the moon? What about Mars? U.S. Space Force Capt. Kathryn Odom had the opportunity to tackle those exact problems when she returned to her alma mater, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., to lend her expertise to a NASA-partnered working group
Dec. 15, 2025 S4S Brig. Gen. Kyle Paul visits Combined Space Operations Facility Last week, Brig. Gen. Kyle Paul, Allied Deputy Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, visited the Combined Space Operations Facility (CSOF) in Colorado Springs for the first time.