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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Army Maj. Gen Brian Gibson, U.S. Space Command strategy, plans and policy director, speaks with Norwegian Vice Adm. Nils Andreas Stensones, Norwegian Intelligence Service director, during the 39th Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 10, 2024. USSPACECOM and Norway reaffirmed their partnership and discussed future space cooperation during the event. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats.</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Brian Gibson, U.S. Space Command strategy, plans and policy director, greets Maj. Gen. Juha-Pekka Keranen, Commander Finnish Air Force during the 39th Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 10, 2024. Finland signed a Memorandum of Understanding in space situational awareness cooperation in 2019. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats.</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Army Maj. Gen Brian Gibson, U.S. Space Command strategy, plans and policy director, speaks with United Kingdom Air Marshal Johnny Stringer Deputy Commander Allied Air Command (NATO Air Controlled Operations) during the 39th Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 9, 2024. During the conversation with USSPACECOM leadership, NATO discussed an expanded multilateral relationship with the combatant command. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats.</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Army Maj. Gen Brian Gibson, U.S. Space Command strategy, plans and policy director, signs a Liaison Officer Memorandum of Agreement (LNO) with Spanish Maj. Gen. Isaac Crespo-Zaragoza, Spanish Space Command commander, during the 39th Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 10, 2024. The LNO agreement allows for a liaison officer to become part of USSPACECOM to gain expertise and insight. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats.</div>
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    <div> <span class="date">/ Published April 12, 2024</span></div>
    <span class="dateline-text">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., </span>
    U.S. Space Command and fellow NATO spacefaring nations reaffirmed their ironclad commitment to the safety and stability of the space domain throughout Space Symposium 39, April 8-11, 2024.<br />
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Leaders within USSPACECOM met with foreign senior leaders serving within NATO’s headquarters, as well as representatives from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Spain, Italy, Finland, and others, to expand opportunities for collaboration and greater integration.<br />
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To kick off Space Foundation’s annual week of events, U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, USSPACECOM commander, hosted French Air and Space General Philippe Lavigne, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for discussions on the critical role of space to the NATO Alliance and its deterrence of conflict, Apr. 8, 2024.<br />
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The following day, U.S. Army Gen. Brian Gibson, USSPACECOM director of strategy, plans and policy, met with Royal Air Force Air Marshal Johnny Stringer, NATO Allied Air Command deputy commander, to explore opportunities for future collaboration and integration. NATO’s Allied Air Command, headquartered in Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is home to the NATO Space Centre where space experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany work side by side to help coordinate Allied space activities.<br />
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In addition to agreements signed with Uruguay and Brazil, USSPACECOM and the Spanish Space Command met to sign a Memorandum of Agreement assigning a Spanish liaison officer to USSPACECOM, Apr. 10, 2024. Gibson and Spanish Air Force Maj. Gen. Isaac Manuel Crespo Zaragoza, Space Commander for the Spanish Air and Space Force, signed the arrangement to further strengthen the United States’ partnership with Spain in the space domain, and build upon the existing collaboration through USSPACECOM’s Exercise Global Sentinel 24 and Space Situational Awareness information-sharing program.<br />
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Throughout the week, Gibson also participated in bilateral engagements with the German Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Traut, commander of German Space Command; Royal Norwegian Navy VADM Nils Andreas Stensøne, director of the Norwegian Intelligence Service; Italian Air Force Lt. Gen. Luca Goretti, Italian Air Force Chief of Staff; and Finnish Air Force Maj. Gen. Juha-Pekka Keränen, commander of the Finnish Air Force.<br />
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USSPACECOM strengthens relationships among NATO Allies to enhance the safety, stability, and sustainability of the space domain by promoting responsible behaviors among all spacefaring nations.<br />
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