MISSIONProtects America and our Allies in, from, and to space… now and into the future
Generates and presents combat-ready intelligence, cyber, space and combat support forces.
VISION
America’s Space Warfighters—Always Ready, Always Innovative, Always Above
PRIORITY LINES OF EFFORT
• Generate and Present Improved Combat-Ready Space Forces... To Win The Peace, and If
Called Upon, Win the War
• Fortify Mission Resiliency and Grit Through Self, Family, and Installation Readiness
• Advocate for Combat-Ready Spacepower from the Future Force to the Fielded Force
* Visit our USSF Combat Forces Command - 2026 Commander's Strategic Guidance for a full breakdown of each Priority Line of Effort.
BACKGROUND
On December 20, 2019, the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2020, establishing the U.S. Space Force (USSF) as a new Armed Service within the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Subsequently, the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) re-designated Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) as USSF, re-designated 14th Air Force as the Space Operations Command (SpOC), and reassigned all personnel previously assigned to AFSPC to the USSF by virtue of these re-designations. These initial actions provided immediate structure for the USSF but were not intended to reflect the end-state of the new branch of Service. Macro-organizational design is still in progress to ensure the Service is aligned with the President of the United States’ vision as articulated in Space Policy Directive-4 and the Chief of Space Operations’ vision of a light, lean, and agile force. In February 2020 the DAF delivered its report to Congress on its Comprehensive Plan for the Organizational Structure of the U.S. Space Force. The report stated “Experts will continue to develop the overall field-level organizational design of the Space Force, culminating with SECAF decision on the future structure of Space Force Field Commands (FIELDCOMs) and operational units by May 1, 2020.”
In keeping with the USSF’s guiding principles of reducing bureaucracy by minimizing hierarchical layers and driving increased warfighter integration – and per previous the announcement of the USSF field command structure – the Department of the Air Force and the U.S. Space Force made organizational re-designations that will properly align responsibilities to the commander responsible for executing that function.
Effective October 21, 2020, SECAF re-designated the former AFSPC staff organization at Peterson AFB as the HQ SpOC. This re-designation aligned the Field Command responsibility for organizing, training, equipping, and presenting USSF forces to the staff and commander responsible for executing this mission.
On August 13, 2021, Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California and Space Launch Delta 45 at Patrick Space Force Base, California, were realigned from Space Operations Command to Space Systems Command.
On November 3, 2025, SpOC was re-designated as USSF Combat Forces Command. This redesignation aligned the command's name with its core purpose of forging combat-ready Space Forces for America and its allies, and the evolution of the United States Space Force as a warfighting service.