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United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa

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United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa
USSPACEFOR-EURAF emblem
Founded	8 December 2023; 700 days
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Component field command
Role	Space operations
Size	~30 personnel^[1]
Part of	United States European Command United States Africa Command
Headquarters	Ramstein Air Base,Germany
Commanders
Commander	Brig Gen Jacob Middleton Jr.
Deputy Commander	Col David A Pheasant^[2]^[3]
Senior Enlisted Leader	CMSgt Alex Birkle^[4]

Military unit

TheUnited States Space Forces – Europe and Africa (USSPACEFOR-EURAF) is theUnited States Space Force componentfield command to theUnited States European Command andUnited States Africa Command. 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.

History

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List of directors of space forces

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Col Larry J. Chodzko, July 2007 – ???^[5]
Col James A. Quinn, April 2019 – August 2022^[6]
Col Max E. Lantz II, August 2022 – 8 December 2023

Establishment

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In 2022, the Space Force started building component field commands in theUnited States Indo-Pacific Command,United States Central Command, andUnited States Forces Korea. A similar unit in Europe was planned to be activated after those first units.^[7] In September 2023, GeneralB. Chance Saltzman announced that SPACEFOR-EURAF would be the fourth component field command.^[8] A month later, theUnited States European Command 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.^[9] The unit was activated on 8 December 2023 in a ceremony attended by General Saltzman, GeneralMichael E. Langley, and Lieutenant GeneralSteven L. Basham.^[10]

List of commanders

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No.	Commander		Term			Ref
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Term length	Ref
1		Colonel Max E. Lantz II (born 1969)	8 December 2023	13 August 2024	249 days
2		Brigadier General Jacob Middleton Jr. (bornc. 1970)	13 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 86 days	^[11]

References

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^Erwin, Sandra (8 December 2023)."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".U.S. Air Forces in Europe & Air Forces Africa. 16 December 2022.
^"USSPACEFOR-EURAF features its newly minted Guardians at Ramstein AB".DVIDS.
^"SPACEFOREUR-AF's commander holds ribbon cutting ceremony at Ramstein AB".DVIDS.
^New SIDC Commander has the Wright Stuffschriever.spaceforce.milArchived 17 April 2023 at theWayback Machine
^"Starting the journey".www.spoc.spaceforce.mil.
^Hadley, Greg (2 November 2022)."Space Force to Establish Components for INDOPACOM, CENTCOM, Korea by End of 2022".Air & Space Forces Magazine.
^Hadley, Greg (12 September 2023)."Space Force Service Component for Europe and Africa Coming in December".Air & Space Forces Magazine.
^Gordon, Chris (31 October 2023)."Space Force Sets Date to Activate Its Europe and Africa Component in December".Air & Space Forces Magazine.
^"United States Space Forces Europe & Africa (SPACEFOREUR-AF) Activation and Assumption of Command Ceremony".
^Svan, Jennifer H. (13 August 2024)."'A new orbit':Brigadier general takes over Space Force in Europe and Africa".Stars and Stripes.

Field commands	Space Futures Command Space Operations Command Commander Space Systems Command Commander Space Training and Readiness Command Commander
Component Field Commands	United States Space Forces – Central United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa United States Space Forces – Indo-Pacific United States Space Forces – Korea United States Space Forces – Space
Deltas	Space Delta 1 Mission Delta 2 Mission Delta 3 Mission Delta 4 Space Delta 5 Space Delta 6 Space Delta 7 Space Delta 8 Space Delta 9 Space Delta 10 Space Delta 11 Space Delta 12 Space Delta 13 Space Delta 15 Space Delta 18 Space Delta 21 Space Delta 23 Space Delta 26 Space Launch Delta 30 Mission Delta 31 Space Launch Delta 45 Space Base Delta 1 Space Base Delta 2 Space Base Delta 3
Squadrons	1st Delta Operations 319th Combat Training 328th Weapons 392d Combat Training 533rd Training 21st Operations Support 15th Space Surveillance 18th Space Defense 19th Space Defense 20th Space Surveillance 3rd Combat Training 4th EW 5th EW 16th EW 23rd EW 2nd Space Warning 3rd satellite Communications 5th Space Warning 6th Space Warning 7th Space Warning 10th Space Warning 11th Space Warning 12th Space Warning 13th Space Warning 55th Training 21st Space Operations 22nd Space Operations 23rd Space Operations 62nd Cyberspace 63rd Cyberspace 64th Cyberspace 65th Cyberspace 68th Cyberspace 69th Cyberspace 645th Cyberspace 71st ISR 72nd ISR 73rd ISR 74th ISR 75th ISR 76th ISR 1st Space Operations 2nd Navigation Warfare 3rd Space Operations 4th Space Operations 5th Space Operations 10th Space Operations 53rd Space Operations 527th Space Aggressor 1st Test and Evaluation 3rd Test and Evaluation 17th Test and Evaluation 25th Space Range 2nd Space Launch 5th Space Launch 1st Range Operations NSSI
Direct reporting units	Space Development Agency Space Rapid Capabilities Office Space Warfighting Analysis Center

Locations

Space Force Bases	Buckley Los Angeles Patrick Peterson Schriever Vandenberg
Space Bases	Pituffik
Space Force Stations	Cape Canaveral Cape Cod Cavalier Cheyenne Mountain Clear Kaena Point New Boston