Space Force Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy, right, Space Launch Delta 45 commander, laughs with Italian Air Force Col. Edi Turco, Italian Air Attaché to the United States, at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., Jan. 27, 2022. Leaders of the Italian Air Force, Navy, and Army visited for CCSFS the launch of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-2) Earth Observation Satellite aboard the American-made and launched SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The and Italy share a long heritage of space security cooperation. ( Space Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Sjober

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Space Force Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy, right, Space Launch Delta 45 commander, laughs with Italian Air Force Col. Edi Turco, Italian Air Attaché to the United States, at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., Jan. 27, 2022. Leaders of the Italian Air Force, Navy, and Army visited for CCSFS the launch of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-2) Earth Observation Satellite aboard the American-made and launched SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The and Italy share a long heritage of space security cooperation. ( Space Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Sjoberg)

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