Airmen with Air Force Space Command’s 45th Space Wing coordinated launch operations last week at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., for a Boeing Delta II boosting two NASA solar research satellites into orbit. According to a NASA news release, the satellites will carry out a first-ever mission to measure solar flares and wind in 3-D. Their data will help NASA and USAF scientists understand how the sun produces space weather. That understanding can lead to better protection of satellites and Earth-bound power systems against damaging solar storms. The two spacecraft, known as “Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory,” or STEREO, will conduct the mission for two years.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.