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announced that the unit will be activated on 8 December 2023 with Col Max E. Lantz II, then the director of staff for USAFE-AFAFRICA, as the inaugural commander. The unit was activated on 8 December 2023 in a ceremony attended by General Saltzman, General
196:. It plans, coordinates, supports, and conducts employment of space operations across the full range of military operations, including security cooperation, in support of the combatant commands' objectives. It was activated on 8 December 2023. 1014: 1480: 788: 776: 743: 450: 1217: 1212: 1230: 1629: 644: 1624: 753: 748: 671: 731: 862: 503: 1599: 783: 711: 1513: 771: 704: 486: 606: 1475: 885: 468: 813: 436: 1520: 694: 1548: 1503: 726: 699: 1490: 1485: 890: 664: 535: 225: 900: 1553: 1543: 1438: 1123: 1110: 838: 1105: 1100: 857: 221: 1423: 1278: 880: 850: 657: 261: 1563: 1508: 1334: 1308: 1095: 142: 1273: 1090: 1075: 1070: 895: 736: 573: 1498: 1448: 1329: 554: 1453: 1268: 1263: 1258: 1178: 1173: 1168: 1050: 721: 629: 592:"United States Space Forces Europe & Africa (SPACEFOREUR-AF) Activation and Assumption of Command Ceremony" 277: 189: 109: 1303: 1253: 1248: 1243: 1238: 1163: 1060: 1045: 611: 265: 1433: 1428: 634: 272:. A similar unit in Europe was planned to be activated after those first units. In September 2023, General 193: 113: 377: 1386: 1158: 1153: 1148: 1143: 1085: 1080: 1381: 1366: 1222: 1138: 1133: 1128: 1118: 516: 269: 27: 1443: 1376: 1298: 1293: 1288: 716: 680: 639: 181: 73: 1371: 1361: 1324: 1204: 1199: 1194: 1189: 833: 341: 1568: 1065: 1055: 276:
announced that SPACEFOR-EURAF would be the fourth component field command. A month later, the
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In 2022, the Space Force started building component field commands in the
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United States Space Force
Space operations
United States European Command
United States Africa Command
Ramstein Air Base
Germany
Brig Gen
Jacob Middleton Jr.
United States Space Force
field command
United States European Command
United States Africa Command
incomplete
adding missing items
United States Indo-Pacific Command
United States Central Command
United States Forces Korea
B. Chance Saltzman
United States European Command
Michael E. Langley
Steven L. Basham
Max E. Lantz II
Jacob Middleton Jr.
Jacob Middleton Jr.
"U.S. Space Force activates new unit to support operations in Europe and Africa"
"USAFE-AFAFRICA Space Force team wins twice during first-ever Polaris Awards"
"USSPACEFOR-EURAF features its newly minted Guardians at Ramstein AB"
"SPACEFOREUR-AF's commander holds ribbon cutting ceremony at Ramstein AB"
New SIDC Commander has the Wright Stuff

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