United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa
Military unit
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The United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa (USSPACEFOR-EURAF) is the United States Space Force component field command to the United States European Command and United 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.
United States
United States Space Force| United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa | |
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USSPACEFOR-EURAF emblem | |
| Founded | 8 December 2023; 1000 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 Christopher Fernengel |
| Deputy Commander | Col David A Pheasant[2][3] |
| Senior Enlisted Leader | CMSgt Alex Birkle[4] |
| Insignia | |
| Flag of the Space Force Europe and Africa Command |  |
History
List of directors of space forces
Establishment
In 2022, the Space Force started building component field commands in the United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Central Command, and United States Forces Korea. A similar unit in Europe was planned to be activated after those first units.[7] In September 2023, General B. Chance Saltzman announced that SPACEFOR-EURAF would be the fourth component field command.[8] A month later, the United 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, General Michael E. Langley, and Lieutenant General Steven L. Basham.[10]
List of commanders
| No. | Commander | Term | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | ||
| 1 | Colonel Max E. Lantz II (born 1969) | 8 December 2023 | 13 August 2024 | 249 days | ||
| 2 | Brigadier General Jacob Middleton Jr. (born c. 1970) | 13 August 2024 | 10 August 2026 | 1 year, 362 days | [11] | |
| 2 | Brigadier General Christopher Fernengel (born c. 1978) | 10 August 2026 | Incumbent | 24 days | - | |
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