Space Operations Command


Space Operations Command is a field command of the United States Space Force and headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Space Operations Command is responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of space forces to support operational plans and missions for U.S. combatant commanders. Space Operations Command serves as the headquarters and staff for United States Space Command’s Combined Force Space Component Command.

Structure

On 20 December 2019, the USAF's Fourteenth Air Force was redesignated as the United States Space Force's Space Operations Command. Space Operations Command consists of almost 16,000 personnel with 28 weapon systems at 44 locations worldwide. It oversees operations at five wings and the 614th Air Operations Center. Space Operations Command is responsible for providing strategic missile warning, nuclear command, control and communication, positioning, navigation and timing, Space Domain Awareness, satellite operations, space launch and range operations.
On 29 July 2020, Mark Esper announced that Stephen N. Whiting had been nominated to be the next commander of Space Operations Command. His announcement also indicated that the Command headquarters would be relocating to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.

Commanders