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Space Launch Delta 45 reactivates the 1st Space Launch Squadron

From left to right, U.S. Space Force Col. Brian Chatman, Space Launch Delta 45 commander, U.S. Space Force Senior Master Sgt. Scott Flowers, senior enlisted leader, 1st Space Launch Squadron, and U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Montgomery Kirk, 1st Space Launch Squadron commander, participate in a reactivation ceremony at the Sands Space History Center, Florida, June 24, 2026. The 1 SLS was previously inactivated after the Air Force’s final Delta II mission, GPS IIR-21, in 2009. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Spencer Contreras)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Spencer Contreras
VIRIN: 260624-X-NM958-1105.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z6_3

LENS

NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

APERTURE

35/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/320

ISO

1600

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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