On Dec. 20, the Space Force celebrates its fifth birthday. Yet already, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman is looking ahead to Year 6. On Dec. 17, Saltzman reeled off a list of seven major initiatives he wants to work on in 2025—by his ...
Space Force leaders are contemplating separating out the service’s boot camp from the Air Force and moving it to a new location.
As the Space Force nears its fifth birthday, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman used his appearance at the Spacepower Conference here to forcefully argue his service is needed for warfighting, not merely support functions.
The Air Force has the F-22 Raptor. The Navy has the USS Eisenhower, officially CVN-69. The Army has the M2 Bradley. Now the Space Force is making moves to implement its own naming and designation system for its satellites, radars, and other weapons, and it wants ...
The proliferation of commercial satellites is changing the character of war, a panel of military experts said at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 18.
he Space Force has established a task force to envision its forthcoming Space Futures Command, but plans are still murky and the new command is still months from standing up.
The Space Force used commercial satellite services to support the withdrawal of U.S. forces from air bases in Niger this summer, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said Sept. 17—a key milestone in the service’s efforts to integrate commercial capabilities into operations and ...
Less than nine months after standing up, U.S. Space Forces Europe and Africa got a new commander Aug. 13 when Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton succeeded Col. Max Lantz—an especially noteworthy move for given the Space Force’s small pool of general officers and the service’s efforts ...
Russia’s lack of conventional military superiority when compared to the U.S. and the rest of NATO is driving its development of “asymmetric” capabilities like the nuclear anti-satellite weapon that generated headlines earlier this year, multiple Pentagon officials said this week.
In an “unprecedented" move, the Space Force has welcomed its first foreign officer to join the service’s top staff. Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman appointed Air Marshal Paul Godfrey as Assistant Chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships, a brand ...
About a month after the top Guardian was spotted wearing a unique black mess dress uniform to an event in Los Angeles, Calif., a Department of the Air Force spokesperson said the service is still working on its official mess dress design.
Air Force Reservists specializing in space-related roles can apply to become full-time Guardians from June 1 to Nov. 30. Applications for part-time Guardian roles will open in 2026.