Nina Marion Armagno is a United States Space Force lieutenant general, serving as the director of staff of the United States Space Force. She is the service's first female general officer and the only officer to have commanded both the 30th Space Wing and the 45th Space Wing. Before transferring to the Space Force, she was a major general in the United States Air Force, where she served for over 32 years.
Major General Robert "Rosie" A. Rosenberg of United States Air Force was Director of Defense Mapping Agency from July 1985 to September 1987. Throughout his 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force, he was instrumental to the U.S. satellite program. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2005.
The chief of space operations (CSO) is a statutory office held by a general in the United States Space Force, and is the principal military adviser to the secretary of the Air Force for Space Force operations; and is in a separate capacity a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and thereby a military adviser to the National Security Council, the secretary of defense, and the president. The chief of space operations is typically the highest-ranking officer on active duty in the Space Force unless the chairman or the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are Space Force officers.
David Dean "DT" Thompson is a United States Space Force general currently serving as the service's first vice chief of space operations. He previously served the vice commander of the United States Space Force, a position he retained from the Air Force Space Command when it was established as a separate service branch, from April 2, 2018 to September 30, 2020. He assumed his current assignment on October 2, 2020.
Space Operations Command (SpOC) is a field command of the United States Space Force. Headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, it is responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of space forces to support operational plans and missions for U.S. combatant commanders. It was also responsible for the Space Force's launch wings, Space Launch Delta 30 and Space Launch Delta 45, until the activation of Space Systems Command on 13 August 2021.
Donna D. Shipton is a major general in the United States Air Force who currently serves as deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, having previously served as director of strategic plans, programs, requirements, and analyses, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She previously served as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center of the United States Space Force. She was responsible for assisting the commander in managing the research, design, development, acquisition, and sustainment of space and missile systems, launch, command and control, and operational satellite systems. Shipton was replaced as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center in June 2020 by D. Jason Cothern.
John Ferdinand "JT" Thompson is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who last served as the commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center from May 2017 to July 2021. He entered the United States Air Force in 1984 as a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.
Bradley Chance Saltzman is a United States Space Force lieutenant general currently serving as the deputy chief of space operations, nuclear, and cyber. He is the first lieutenant general of the Space Force and the first general officer promoted into the new service.
DeAnna Marie Burt is a United States Space Force major general serving as the commander of Combined Force Space Component Command and vice commander of Space Operations Command. Burt was nominated for promotion to major general on May 4, 2020 and was confirmed in the rank by the United States Senate seventeen days later. She is the first woman to hold the rank of major general in the U.S. Space Force.
Clinton E. Crosier is a retired United States Air Force major general who last served as director of space force planning in the Office of the Chief of Space Operations. After retiring, he was hired to lead Amazon Web Services' new Aerospace and Satellite Solutions.
James Earl Smith is a United States Space Force brigadier general who has served as the Deputy United States Military Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since July 2021. He most recently served as the commander of the Peterson-Schriever Garrison, a new unit in the United States Space Force. He was previously the commander of the 50th Space Wing before it was inactivated and replaced by the Peterson-Schriever Garrison. He was also nominated for transfer to the U.S. Space Force and promotion to brigadier general.
The vice chief of space operations (VCSO) is an office held by a four-star general in the United States Space Force. The vice chief directly supports the chief of space operations (CSO) by serving as a member of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) and also operates with the full authority of the chief of space operations during the CSO’s absence. The VCSO is nominated for appointment by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The VCSO is the second-highest position in the U.S. Space Force, equivalent to other services' vice chief positions. The current vice chief of space operations is General David D. Thompson.
James C. "Jim" Dawkins Jr. is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration of the United States Air Force, succeeding Richard M. Clark. He previously served as the director of global power programs of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
The structure of the United States Space Force refers to the different types of organizational units in the service: the Space Staff, the field commands, and the space deltas.
Troy Lynd Endicott is a United States Space Force brigadier general serving as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber and Nuclear. Previously, he was the director for space policy at the United States National Security Council. Prior to that, he was the commander of the 460th Space Wing.
Pamela J. Lincoln is a United States Air Force major general serving as the mobilization assistant to the commander of the United States Space Command. Prior to that, she was the mobilization assistant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
Jody A. Merritt is a United States Air Force brigadier general serving as the mobilization assistant to the commander of the Space Operations Command. Prior to that, she was the mobilization assistant to the commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center.
Philip Alan Garrant is a United States Space Force major general serving as the program executive for ground-based weapon systems of the Missile Defense Agency.
Heather L. Pringle is a United States Air Force major general serving as the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory. Previously, she was the director of strategic plans of the U.S. Air Force.
Roger W. Teague is a retired United States Air Force major general who is the chief executive officer of PredaSAR. In the U.S. Air Force, he last served as the Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, and Analysis of the Air Force Space Command.
