The six officers have new insignias but remain assigned to the Air Force Research Laboratory Detachment 15 at a military installation at Maui’s Haleakala Observatory.
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New Space Force Guardians Sworn In On Maui
The six officers have new insignias but remain assigned to the Air Force Research Laboratory Detachment 15 at a military installation at Maui’s Haleakala Observatory. Reading time: 5 minutes.
Maui’s first Space Force Guardians have been sworn in to the newest military branch, but they won’t have to travel to a galaxy far, far away.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the six were Hawaii’s first Space Force Guardians, based on information in a military press release. They were the first on Maui, but a unit already was in place on Oahu.
By Jeanne Dailey, Air Force Research Laboratory / Published February 04, 2021
The Air Force Research Laboratory held an induction ceremony to transfer 13 officers from the U.S. Air Force into the U.S. Space Force Feb. 1, at Kirtland AFB, N.M. Col. Eric Felt, director of AFRL s Space Vehicles Directorate (center), presided over the event with distinguished guest speakers, Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland, USAF (ret.) (left) and Col. Mike Mullane, USAF (ret.) (right), both of whom administered the oath of office to the new Space Force Guardians. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Michael Cochran)
Lt. Col. John Zingarelli administers the oath of office to six Air Force Research Laboratory officers, commissioning them into the U.S. Space Force, in a ceremony held Feb. 1 at AFRL s Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site on Maui. The ceremony was held at the Haleakala Summit, where the site conducts its telescope operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Johnson)
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