The name—U.S. Space Forces – Space—may seem a little redundant. But Space Force officials say the new organization, announced Dec. 12, will improve readiness and transform how it organizes and presents forces.
The U.S. Space Force, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Africa Command activated their newest service component on Dec. 8, in an expansion of USSF’s growing reach into combatant commands.
The Space Force will send its space place, X-37B, back into orbit this weekend. When it comes back down is anyone’s guess, at least publicly. On Dec. 10, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is slated to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as ...
Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman highlighted the danger posed by China’s anti-satellite (ASAT) missile capabilities as one of the Space Force’s biggest challenges as the young service nears its fourth birthday.
A month after revealing plans for prototype “Integrated Mission Deltas” to put operations and sustainment under one roof, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman announced the creation of corresponding acquisition units called “System Deltas.” The new organizations are part of Saltzman’s push to align ...
Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman delivered a keynote address on “The State of the Space Force,” detailing the young service’s progress and upcoming initiatives at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 11, 2023. Watch the video or read the transcript.
The Space Force may establish a combatant component in Japan soon, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Saltzman said in a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25. According to multiple media reports, Saltzman said setting up a new unit in Japan represents the "next phase" ...
Leaders of Air and Space Forces and their spouses shared their struggles with life in the military and how they’ve overcome those hardships.
The Space Force will establish a service component for U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command in early December, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman announced in a keynote address Sept. 12—and more may be on the way. The new component will “help, integrate, ...
Every military service is constantly developing and tweaking tactics. But for the Space Force in particular, their importance—and the process by which the young service develops and approves them—is only growing. That development was highlighted last month by the first ever USSF Tactics Development Conference, ...
Brig. Gen. Timothy Sejba took over as the head of Space Training and Readiness Command on July 20, succeeding Maj. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton at a time when the Space Force is looking to upgrade its test and training infrastructure and develop new doctrine and ...
Military families face many personal issues associated with their service, and the spouses of the top officers in the Department of the Air Force are not immune to them, they said May 30 during an Air & Space Forces Association United Forces & Families (F2) ...