Space Force

New Space Force Details Emerge in Senate Spending Plan

Lawmakers have decided to keep the Space Force's top uniformed leader from joining the Joint Chiefs for a year.

A view of Pentagon with the Washington Monument in the background. (DoD Photo)

Senate Panel Approves $750 Billion Defense Policy Bill

The Senate Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly supported a proposed 3.1% military pay raise.

Air University’s Air Command and Staff College located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Tammie Ramsouer)

Air Force's Space 'Think Tank' Studies Future of Conflict Beyond Earth

Within the Air Command and Staff College resides a task force that has one core mission: to be America's think tank for space...

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks with members of the workforce during a town hall at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 5, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Todd Maki)

Outgoing SecAF Worries About Developing Service Culture at New Space Force

The conversation surrounding the creation of a U.S. Space Force has brought with it skepticism and confusion.

The U.S. Navy's fourth Mobile User Objective System satellite, encapsulated in a 5-meter payload fairing, is mated to an Atlas V booster inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral, Aug. 19, 2015) (Photo courtesy United Launch Alliance)

Navy, Marine Corps Aren't Ready to Commit Personnel to Space Force

Rear Adm. Christian Becker said decisions on shifting personnel to Space Force have yet to be finalized.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan; Air Force Secretary Heather A. Wilson; and Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, deliver testimony to the SASC on the establishment of a Space Force, April 11, 2019. (DOD/Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

Lawmakers Increasingly Skeptical Over Pentagon's Space Force Proposal

Lawmakers on Thursday indicated they remained skeptical of the Pentagon's latest proposal to stand up a U.S. Space Force.

Gen. John E. Hyten, commander, U.S. Strategic Command talks integrated command relationships and the role of information and intelligence to the combatant commands during the 2018 Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference August 13, 2018, in Omaha, Nebraska. (DoD photo/Brian Murphy)

STRATCOM Chief Nominated for Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said that STRATCOM commander Gen. John Hyten has been nominated for the position.

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of 10 Iridium satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4, Oct. 9, at 5:37 a.m. PDT Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ian Dudley)

Six Air Force Bases in Running for Space Command Headquarters: Report

The Air Force is narrowing down the best location to house the Defense Department's newest unified combatant command.

Distinguished guests attend the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s 60th Anniversary Ceremony on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, May 12, 2018. The ceremony and static display of various NORAD aircraft was the culmination of a three-day event, which included a media tour of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, the dedication of a cairn outside the commands’ headquarters building memorializing the Canadians who have passed away while serving NORAD, and a fly over in missing-man formation performed b

Senators Lobby to Make Colorado Home to US Space Command

The Air Force has kept its top space operations in Colorado since the 1980s.

Lt. Gen. John Raymond, Headquarters U.S. Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations, gives an acceptance speech after receiving the Air Force Association General Thomas D. White Space Award Nov. 20, 2015. Raymond was nominated March 26, 2019 to serve as the first head of U.S. Space Command. (Courtesy Photo/Kelly Shemp)

Air Force General Tapped to Head US Space Command

U.S. Space Command has been called a stepping stone to creating a U.S. Space Force.

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