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A change in leadership at US military space operations is set, with Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting being nominated to take over as head of US Space Command (SPACECOM).

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  • Gen Whiting is currently head of Space Operations Command at Peterson Space Force Base.
  • He will take over the SPACECOM role from Army Gen. James Dickinson.
  • Space Command was established in late 2019 as a geographic combatant command.

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