John W. Raymond
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John William Raymond is a retired United States Space Force general who served as the first chief of space operations from 2019 to 2022. The first guardian, he served as commander of the United States Space Command from 2019 to 2020.
Official portrait, 2022
Raymond in 2005 as a colonel
Raymond (right) with Gen Goldfein (left) and Gen Hyten (center) during the 2016 Air Force Space Command change of command
Raymond speaks at the White House ceremony establishing of the U.S. Space Command, August 29, 2019
United States Space Force
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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