Us Space Command
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Us space command. The united states first stood up space command in 1985 but merged it with u s. Service components space and missile defense command army component fleet cyber command navy component space operations command space force component joint force headquarters cyber air force cyber command component. Afspc history biographies leadership speeches fact sheets units.
General john jay raymond is the. Air force space command afspc was a major command of the united states air force from september 1982 to december 2019. Strategic command in 2002 in a post 9 11 realignment of military resources.
Air force sent letters to all 50 governors asking them to nominate communities in their state that would be up for the task of housing the u s. At the direction of the president of the united states the department of defense established an 11th unified combatant command a critical step that underscored the importance of the space domain and its strategic contributions to u s. 29 ceremony at the white.
Space command was formally established aug.