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John Thompson, officially retired during a July 27 ceremony at Los Angeles Air Force Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The change comes ahead of a major organizational shakeup for SMC, with the U.S. Space Force planning to replace SMC with a new field command called Space Systems Command. The new organization will take over SMC\u2019s roughly $9 billion budget while restructuring its various enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Thompson, the longest serving three-star commander of SMC, was involved in creating Space Systems Command, he won\u2019t be around to lead it. President Joe Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/07\/14\/biden-nominates-deputy-director-of-the-national-reconnaissance-office-to-lead-new-space-systems-command\/\" target=\"_blank\">nominated Maj. Gen. Michael Guetlein<\/a>, deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, to serve as the head of the new field command. At the NRO, the agency in charge of the nation\u2019s fleet of spy satellites, Guetlein assists the director in managing operations and oversees Space Force personnel working with the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thompson joined the U.S. Air Force in 1984 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and has since held a number of acquisition and logistics positions. Over his 36-year military career, Thompson served as the Air Force\u2019s program executive officer for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; the program executive officer for strategic systems; deputy program executive officer for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program; and program director for the KC-46. 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