U.K. Space Command Delegation visits JCO

U.K. Royal Air Force Air Commodore Adam Bone, U.K. Space Command director of operations, plans, and training, listens to a briefing at the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Feb. 24, 2023. Bone visited various space facilities in the area to sustain the momentum of U.K.- U.S. integration to date. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

From left, U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, Joint Task Force-Space Defense commander, Joe Gerber, JTF-SD Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) lead integrator, and Barbara Golf, Space Systems Command strategic advisor for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), host U.K. Royal Air Force Air Commodore Adam Bone, U.K. Space Command director of operations, plans, and training, at the JCO facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Feb. 24, 2023. Bone visited various space facilities in the area to sustain the momentum of U.K.- U.S. integration to date. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely SDA in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Royal Air Force Air Commodore Adam Bone, U.K. Space Command (UKSC) director of operations, plans, and training, and Group Captain Andy Beasant, deputy head of space operations capability for UKSC, listen to a briefing at the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Feb. 24, 2023. Bone visited various space facilities in the area to sustain the momentum of U.K.- U.S. integration to date. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Squadron Leader Deborah Borrie, U.K. liaison officer to U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, and U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, right, Joint Task Force-Space Defense commander, listen to a briefing at the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Feb. 24, 2023. U.K. Royal Air Force Air Commodore Adam Bone, U.K. Space Command director of operations, plans, and training, visited various space facilities in the area to sustain the momentum of U.K.- U.S. integration to date. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

U.K. Royal Air Force Air Commodore Adam Bone, U.K. Space Command director of operations, plans, and training, listens to a briefing at the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Feb. 24, 2023. Bone visited various space facilities in the area to sustain the momentum of U.K.- U.S. integration to date. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)