SLD 45 supports the first National Security Space Launch mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket

A Falcon Heavy rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Nov. 1, 2022.

Constructive Service Credit

Col. John Smail, Senior Cyber Officer for the U.S. Space Force, recites the Oath of Office with then 2nd Lt. Jessica Thompson during her commissioning ceremony July 2022.

Space Force to partner with Johns Hopkins University SAIS for service-specific IDE, SDE

Jim Steinberg, dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, stands with U.S. Space Force Col. Niki Lindhorst, Space Delta 13 commander, during her visit to the school in Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2022. 

Saltzman next Chief of Space Operations

Senate Confirms Saltzman to be Space Force’s next Chief of Space Operations.

First USSF direct commission program cyber officer graduates from OTS

1st Lieutenant Jessica Thompson poses with classmates from her Officer Training School, during her graduation ceremony Sept. 30, 2022.

Vandenberg's Final Delta IV Heavy Launched Today

A U.S Space Force Guardian wears a launch patch and watches as Team Vandenberg launched a National Reconnaissance Office mission (NROL-91) aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-6 Saturday, Sept. 24

Official Song: 'Semper Supra'

Space Force reveals official song: ‘Semper Supra’

Space Force delivers critical data during disasters.

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites, like the one shown in an artist's rendition here, provide critical, strategic, and tactical meteorological and environmental data to military and civilian users around the world. 

U.S. Space Force selects the University of Puerto Rico for partnership

The U.S. Space Force and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez signed an agreement Sept. 9, 2022, making them the 14th member of the service’s University Partnership Program.

From developing the latest space component technology to flying state of the art satellite space experiments, we’re ensuring that the United States Space Force maintains superiority in space.

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Explore how the Space Force got it's start and where we are headed. 

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