Air Force Chief of Staff to Meet with U.S. Space Command Commander Tomorrow

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[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter]Air Force Chief of Staff Park In-ho will have a dialogue with James Dickinson, Commander of the U.S. Space Command.

According to the Air Force on the 18th, on the 19th, Chief of Staff Park will meet at the Air Force Headquarters in Gyeryongdae, Chungnam, to strengthen the Korea-U.S. space partnership and discuss cooperation plans for the development of space capabilities between the Republic of Korea Air Force and the U.S. Space Command. In particular, they will discuss advancing space domain awareness capabilities between Korea and the U.S., raising the level of space information sharing in response to North Korea's space launch vehicle development, as well as sharing the latest missile defense system information and exchanging views on ways to detect and track missiles evolving in various forms.

Additionally, at the request of the U.S. side, the Air Force Headquarters Space Center will be visited, and an introduction to the Republic of Korea Air Force's space surveillance system will be provided, the Air Force said. At this meeting, practical space cooperation measures will also be discussed, including dispatching liaison officers between the U.S. Space Command and the Republic of Korea Air Force to activate military space exchanges between the two countries, and U.S. military space education support for training courses to cultivate space specialists.

Commander Dickinson is scheduled to visit Korea for a one-night, two-day trip from the 19th to the 20th, and according to the Air Force, he will also visit the Aerospace Research Institute in addition to the Air Force Headquarters Space Center.

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