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  • Air Force Stands Up New Headquarters Space Directorate

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson has approved the reorganization of the Air Force headquarters to establish a Deputy Chief of Staff for Space Operations, who will be a three-star Air Force general officer.

  • AF rolls out fiscal 2018 space budget

    Air Force leaders met with media to discuss specifics of the service’s fiscal 2018 space investment budget at the Pentagon May 24, 2017. The request totals $7.75 billion, an approximately 20 percent increase from fiscal year 2017.

  • Senior leaders discuss US space posture

    On May 17, 2017, Air Force senior leaders testified before the Senate Armed Service Committee Strategic Forces subcommittee on military space, organization, policy and programs.

  • Silent Sentry: Defending the final frontier

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar— Air, space and cyberspace - these are the three domains that the United States Air Force strives to defend. Of these domains, space has become one of the most crowded and competitive. At any given time, there are innumerable signals being transmitted to and from satellites,

  • Space squadron supports record-breaking satellites launch

    The 20th Space Control Squadron's Charlie Crew successfully tracked India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Feb. 15 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Loaded with 104 satellites, the Indian PSLV set the record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket.

  • Winners announced in memorial essay contest

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. --  Several Airmen received prizes for their winning essays in the 2016 Gen. Bernard A. Schriever Memorial Essay Contest at Air Force Space Command Headquarters on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Nov.15.    The purpose of the annual contest is to foster thought,

  • Space Mission Force comes to Peterson

    Space, as a global commons, is vital to commerce and is an essential element of global stability and joint warfare. Space is no longer a sanctuary where the United States or our allies and partners operate in an uncontested environment.Despite world interest in avoiding militarization of space,

 

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