{"id":35416,"date":"2018-03-30T20:40:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T20:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/30\/new-air-force-leader-to-bring-space-warfighting-focus-to-the-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:36:18","slug":"new-air-force-leader-to-bring-space-warfighting-focus-to-the-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/satellites\/2018\/03\/30\/new-air-force-leader-to-bring-space-warfighting-focus-to-the-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"New Air Force leader to bring space war-fighting focus to the Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Next week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/03\/01\/lt-gen-ray-nominated-to-lead-global-strike-command\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Maj. Gen. David Thompson<\/a> will take up the newly created position of vice commander of Air Force Space Command and pin on his third star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Air Force Chief of Staff Dave Goldfein, that means the service will, for the first time, have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/2018\/01\/17\/the-latest-in-the-air-force-space-reshuffling\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">uniformed leader based in the Pentagon<\/a> purely dedicated to promoting military space operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That role is necessary in part because of the huge number of responsibilities held by AFSPC head Gen. Jay Raymond, who also is U.S. Strategic Command\u2019s joint functional component commander for space, Goldfein said during a March 29 roundtable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt last count, I think he had 31 [or] 32 trips to Washington DC since January,\u201d Goldfein said of Raymond. \u201cI really need him focused on &#8230; running his command, and he needs time to do that. So having his vice commander forward to be able to take on a lot of that responsibility is going to be really helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/01\/19\/pentagons-deputy-secretary-temporarily-gets-lead-space-advisory-job\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">growing priority<\/a> for the Air Force, with leaders recently \u2014 and repeatedly \u2014 professing that the United States must be prepared to wage war in space if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force originally intended to name Thompson, currently a special assistant to Raymond and formerly AFSPC\u2019s deputy commander, to a new position on the Air Staff. As the deputy chief of staff for space, Thompson would have been charged with elevating space-related issues and overseeing the service\u2019s headquarters based space directorate, which would have been known as A11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had originally thought through the A11 as a model to follow with the A10 that we did in the nuclear enterprise. So having a single entity on the Air Staff,\u201d Goldfein said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2017\/11\/21\/space-for-a-space-corps-congress-lays-groundwork-for-controversial-plan\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">prohibited the Air Force from creating the A11<\/a>, with the document slamming the A11 plan as \u201ca hastily-developed half-measure instituted by the Air Force, which at best only added a box on the organizational chart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, Thompson will be promoted within AFSPC, although in his new position, he will move from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some have questioned whether the new vice commander position should be viewed as the Air Force slapping a new title on the responsibilities of the A11. 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