Space combat was 'critical to mission success' in US war in Iran, Space Force chief says

A man in a black military uniform speaks to a group of attendees on a conference ballroom floor.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  —  The head of the U.S. Space Force said the United States' ongoing war in Iran shows the service has become a fully "combat credible" force.

Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations (CSO) for the U.S. Space Force, touted the service's newly evolved combat abilities in an address on Wednesday (April 15) at the Space Foundation's 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. "We aren't just talking about theories or plans anymore. We're talking about real operational combat, space effects and the Guardians who deliver them," Saltzman said.