William J. Liquori Jr. is a retired United States Space Force lieutenant general who has served as the deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, requirements, and analysis from 2020 to 2022. A career space operator, he has operational experiences in support of Operation Southern Watch and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Official portrait, 2022
Liquori, c. 2006.
Liquori speaks after taking command of the 50th Space Wing, July 10, 2013.
Liquori, 50th Space Wing commander, navigates an obstacle course during Schriever Week in 2014.
Bradley Chance Saltzman is a United States Space Force general who is the second and current chief of space operations. He served as the deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber, and nuclear from 2020 to 2022. He is the first lieutenant general and the first general officer promoted into the Space Force.
Official portrait, 2022
Saltzman as a lieutenant colonel
Col Whiting (left) and Lt Col Saltzman (right) during the inactivation of the 1st Space Control Squadron
Saltzman, who led the Air Force's Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2), explains the concept to airmen at the Space and Missile Systems Center (2017).