Chief of Space Operations
The chief of space operations (CSO) is the service chief of the United States Space Force. The CSO is the principal military adviser to the secretary of the Air Force for Space Force operations and, as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a military adviser to the National Security Council, the secretary of defense, and the president. The CSO is a statutory office held by a Space Force general, who is typically the highest-ranking officer on active duty in the Space Force.
Chief of Space Operations
Space House, the residence of the chief of space operations, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Vice President Pence swearing in Raymond as the Space Force's inaugural CSO.
Raymond (center) transferred responsibility to Saltzman (right) in 2022 in the Space Force's first change of responsibility ceremony.
United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Along with the Air Force, it is part of the Department of the Air Force, led by the secretary of the Air Force. Its military heads are the chief of space operations, who is one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the vice chief of space operations.
Concept for a Space Force Rocket Cargo program conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations
Launch of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's Explorer 1, America's first satellite
The X-20 Dyna Soar was intended to be the Air Force's first spaceplane
Cobra Dane radar at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska