By Senior Airman Joshua T. Crossman, Buckley Garrison Public Affairs / Published October 14, 2021
Congressman Jim Cooper, the U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, Congressman Michael Waltz, the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district, and U.S. Space Force leadership pose for a photo in front of a static Defense Support Program Satellite on Oct. 13, 2021, in the Mission Control Station lobby on Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. After a brief on Space Delta 4’s overall mission, the congressmen toured the Space Based Infrared Satellites operations floor and the Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua T. Crossman)
From left to right, Congressman Jim Cooper, the U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, and Congressman Michael Waltz, the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district, are briefed by U.S. Space Force Col. Miguel Cruz, the Space Delta 4 commander, and USSF Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the Space Operations Command commander, on the functions of a Defense Support Program satellite on Oct. 13, 2021, in the Mission Control Station lobby on Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. The DSP satellites were first launched and operated in the 1970’s and have continued to provide an uninterrupted space-based early warning capability. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua T. Crossman)
From left to right, U.S. Space Force Col. Miguel Cruz, the Space Delta 4 commander, Congressman Michael Waltz, the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district, Congressman Jim Cooper, the U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, and USSF Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, right, the Space Operations Command commander, exit a surrey before entering the Mission Control Station on Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., Oct. 13, 2021. Buckley is home to the Missile Warning Delta, Space Delta 4, in which they provide strategic and theater missile warning to the United States and our international allies. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua T. Crossman)