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U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific

Space Force Component in Pacific Gets New Commander

July 29, 2025 | By Greg Hadley
The Space Force’s main arm in the Pacific got a new leader July 25, as Brig. Gen. Brian Denaro succeeded Maj. Gen. Anthony J. Mastalir as head of Space Forces Indo-Pacific. 

Space Force Activates Component in Japan, with ‘Historic Opportunity’ to Deepen Ties

Dec. 4, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
U.S. Space Forces Japan activated Dec. 3 at Yokota Air Base, the latest milestone in the service’s push to establish components within combatant commands and a sign of a deepening space partnership between the two allies, officials said. 

Space Force Component Eyes More Exercises in Indo-Pacific

Oct. 22, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
Two years after standing up, U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific is bolstering partnerships and expanding exercises across the Indo-Pacific theater, said Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Mastalir, the Space Force's first component commander.

Space Force’s Japan Component Expected to Activate in 2024

Feb. 13, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Top military space officials from Japan and the U.S. said at the AFA Warfare Symposium that they anticipate the U.S. Space Force will stand up its new component in Japan before the end of 2024. “I think we have everything in place,” U.S. Space Forces ...

Space Force Considers New Component in Japan, As Saltzman Bolsters Ties With Visit

Sept. 27, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
The Space Force may establish a combatant component in Japan soon, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Saltzman said in a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25. According to multiple media reports, Saltzman said setting up a new unit in Japan represents the "next phase" ...

Space Force Holds First-Ever Forum with Japan to Build Next Steps for Cooperation

July 21, 2023 | By Greg Hadley
The U.S. and Japan held their first ever Space Engagement Talks last week—a key step in identifying and developing ways by which the two countries can work together in space. Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant, deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, and requirements; ...

Space Force Stands Up Its First Geographic Component Command, Prioritizing the Pacific

Nov. 22, 2022 | By Amanda Miller
The Space Force and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command formalized a new chain of command for Guardians in the Pacific, activating a new service component command of the unified combatant command. Establishing U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific gives the Space Force a seat “at the table” to plan ...

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