United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa

The United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa (USSPACEFOR-EURAF) is the United States Space Force component field command to the United States European Command and United States Africa Command. It plans, coordinates, supports, and conducts employment of space operations across the full range of military operations, including security cooperation, in support of the combatant commands' objectives. It was activated on 8 December 2023.

List of directors of space forces

 * Col Larry J. Chodzko, July 2007 – ???
 * Col James A. Quinn, April 2019 – August 2022
 * Col Max E. Lantz II, August 2022 – 8 December 2023

Establishment
In 2022, the Space Force started building component field commands in the United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Central Command, and United States Forces Korea. A similar unit in Europe was planned to be activated after those first units. In September 2023, General B. Chance Saltzman announced that SPACEFOR-EURAF would be the fourth component field command. A month later, the United States European Command announced that the unit will be activated on 8 December 2023 with Col Max E. Lantz II, then the director of staff for USAFE-AFAFRICA, as the inaugural commander. The unit was activated on 8 December 2023 in a ceremony attended by General Saltzman, General Michael E. Langley, and Lieutenant General Steven L. Basham.