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.
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 ...
The Space Force is launching two prototype “integrated mission deltas” to bridge the gap between operations and sustainment, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman announced Sept. 12.
The Space Force declared “mission complete” for one of its space surveillance satellites and took it off operational status last month, ahead of another satellite joining the constellation next year. The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program provides the Space Force with the ability to track and ...
U.S. military space operations are set for a changing of the guard in leadership—Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting has been nominated to pin on a fourth star and take over as head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Meanwhile, the Space Force is set ...
U.S. Space Command's new senior enlisted leader will be a Guardian, the first ever picked to advise a combatant command. Chief Master Sgt. Jacob C. Simmons will succeed Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott H. Stalker, the Pentagon said in a June 26 announcement. Simmons ...
As Air Force officials look to space to fill future gaps in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, the Space Force itself is still working on how it will fulfill that mission—and what capabilities it will need to have for itself, the head of Space Operations Command ...
The Space Force and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command formalized a new chain of command for Guardians in the Pacific, activating a new service component command of the unified combatant command. Establishing U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific gives the Space Force a seat “at the table” to plan ...
International personnel will join the Space Force in December for its flagship training series Space Flag, just one new aspect of Space Training and Readiness Command’s slate of planned space-oriented exercises.
Retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Jim Roy moderated a discussion on "ACE and Enlisted Leadership" with the Command Chief Master Sergeants of U.S. Air Forces in Europe Benjamin Hedden; Air Mobility Command Brian Kruzelnick; Air Combat Command John Storm; and Pacific Air ...
The Space Force does not fully understand its cyber threats, and cybersecurity is an overlooked vulnerability of space operations, said Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, head of Space Operations Command. "We don't yet have the intuitive understanding to say, based on the threat that we're ...
President Joe Biden nominated a pair of Air Force and Space Force generals for promotion and assignment to critical new roles. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere is nominated for a fourth star and to be the next commander of Air Force Global Strike ...