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Space Force Footprint Grows as 14th Air Force Becomes Space Operations Command

Space Force Footprint Grows as 14th Air Force Becomes Space Operations Command
Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, 14th Air Force command chief, Maj. Gen. John Shaw, 14th Air Force commander, and Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander, clap as the National Defense Authorization is signed establishing the United States Space Force Dec. 20, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie)

The 14th Air Force – previously the Air Force component to U.S. Strategic Command for space operations – last month was redesignated as the Space Operations Command (SPOC) under the nascent U.S. Space Force. The SPOC will provide space capabilities including space domain awareness, space electronic warfare, satellite communications and missile warning for U.S. Space Command and other combatant commanders on behalf of the Air Force, the service said Dec. 30. It will also supply nuclear detonation detection, environmental monitoring,…

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