{"id":47595,"date":"2022-07-28T17:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T17:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/28\/saltzman-nominated-to-lead-space-force\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:31:37","slug":"saltzman-nominated-to-lead-space-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2022\/07\/28\/saltzman-nominated-to-lead-space-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Saltzman nominated to lead Space Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden on Wednesday tapped Space Force operations boss Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to run the service as the next four-star chief of space operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If confirmed by the Senate, Saltzman will be the second person to serve as the Space Force\u2019s top officer since the service was created in December 2019. He would succeed Gen. John \u201cJay\u201d Raymond, who is set to retire after 35 years of service in the Air Force and nearly three in the Space Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raymond strongly supported Saltzman\u2019s selection as his successor, according to SpaceNews, which <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/saltzman-tapped-to-succeed-raymond-as-chief-of-the-u-s-space-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">first reported the pick on Thursday.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/06\/28\/air-guard-troops-doing-space-missions-face-identity-crisis\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Guard troops doing space missions face identity crisis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Commanders say Air National Guard troops assigned to space missions have become orphans as leaders wrangle over whether to create a Space National Guard.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other candidates for the position included Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, who runs the Space Force\u2019s ops branch, and Lt. Gen. John Shaw, the second-highest officer at the Pentagon\u2019s U.S. Space Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saltzman has recently become the go-to person for high-level military planning initiatives, from the Air Force\u2019s enterprise study of multidomain command and control in 2017 to serving as the Space Force\u2019s first deputy chief for space, cyber and nuclear operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A proud Boston University graduate, he commissioned into the Air Force in 1991 as a nuclear missile operator before switching to military space jobs. Later, he took on higher-level programs and planning positions as well as a yearlong tour as deputy commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command \u2014 the first non-flyer to hold the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/28\/space-force-wants-40-budget-increase-as-it-looks-to-bolster-space-based-missile-warning\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/51698958179_3b4db77870_o.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Space Force wants 40% budget increase as it looks to bolster space-based missile warning<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The service&#039;s $24.5 billion fiscal 2022 budget request is weighted heavily in its research and development portfolio as it seeks to develop more resilient, capable architectures, particularly for space-based missile warning and tracking.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the way, Saltzman has cultivated a reputation as an articulate, big-picture thinker who is leading the way in breaking down the Pentagon\u2019s most entrenched hurdles to joint operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe has reinforced all of the space and cyber functions across the different divisions in the Combined Air Operations Center by elevating their stature within the divisions to make sure those pieces are also integrated into everything we do,\u201d Air Force Col. Byron Pompa, AFCENT\u2019s air, space and information operations director, said in a 2020 press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since becoming the Space Force ops boss in August 2020, Saltzman has tackled the broad questions behind space warfare: How should the service define its readiness, and how can it work seamlessly with other parts of the military behemoth?<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/21\/us-space-force-deploys-to-vast-new-frontier-arabian-desert\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP202613477837401.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Space Force deploys to vast new frontier: Arabian Desert<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Space Force now has a squadron of 20 airmen stationed at Qatar\u2019s Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force now has nearly 16,000 guardians and civilians. They either wear the service\u2019s uniform or are assigned from other branches and handle U.S. military satellites and radars for missions like GPS, communication, missile warning and surveillance as part of the Department of the Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was largely formed out of the former Air Force Space Command, and includes rocket launch bases in California and Florida, plus a host of other installations in Colorado and around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has taken on a leading role in naming and shaming foreign actors for what it sees as bad behavior on orbit, such as foreign spying on others\u2019 systems or launching anti-satellite missiles that can spread damaging debris across the cosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2022\/01\/10\/what-will-the-us-space-force-be-able-to-do-with-its-new-gps-iii-variant\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GPSIIISV05_outsidesouth_IMG_0851.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What will the US Space Force be able to do with its new GPS III variant?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Space Force has yet to launch all of the GPS III satellites at its disposal, but work on new, more powerful versions is already underway.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProtecting and defending our space-based capabilities and defending our joint force from irresponsible or hostile use of space-based capabilities is the reason that your Space Force was established,\u201d Saltzman said at the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/space-force-has-insatiable-demand-for-geospatial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\">2022 GEOINT Symposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s kept an eye on possible lessons learned from Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, in which commercial satellite constellations are playing a key role for intelligence-gathering and public transparency despite Russian cyber attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you think the only way to dismantle space capabilities is by shooting down satellites, you\u2019re missing the bigger picture \u2026 as these cyber attacks are on ground networks,\u201d Saltzman told reporters in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2021\/01\/07\/exclusive-how-the-space-force-foiled-an-iranian-missile-attack-with-a-critical-early-warning\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20013453933262.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Exclusive: How the Space Force foiled an Iranian missile attack with a critical early warning<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Members of the 2nd Space Warning Squadron explain what it was like providing the crucial early warning that allowed war fighters to seek cover from a barrage of Iranian missiles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two key challenges will be to advocate for a growing military space budget to lawmakers who are wary of bureaucratic bloat, and to convince the American public of the merits of their newest military branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019ll also represent the service as it tries to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2022\/05\/17\/guardians-will-be-allowed-to-sport-neck-tattoos\/\" target=\"_blank\">make its own mark on issues<\/a> from troop recruitment and retention to a nontraditional approach to Guard and Reserve components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force is working through the details of 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