The Air Force has inactivated the DOD Manned Space Flight Support Office at Patrick AFB, Fla., and shifted the work to a new unit—the Human Space Flight Support—under the 45th Space Wing’s Operations Group at Patrick. A Patrick news release states that the HSFS will “handle most of the tactical, day-to-day operations previously handled by DDMS.” It adds that DDMS “strategic operations” now fall under the Joint Force Component Command for Space at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
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.