Space Force

The 2024 Air, Space, and Cyber Conference, hosted by the Air and Space Forces Association, offered DAF senior leaders an opportunity to share their views on modernization and readiness in response to emerging security threats, while reaffirming the DAF’s commitment to reoptimization. View the full article

The panel discussed the development and realignment of the department’s commands during an era of Great Power Competition. View the full article

SPoC and DAF senior leaders came together to discuss exercising for Great Power Competition during a panel at Air, Space and Cyber Conference. View the full article

Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, Defense Logistics Agency Director and Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Space Force Chief Operations Officer signed an agreement to optimize logistics support Sept 18. at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. View the full article

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, in a Sept. 18 letter to congressional leaders, itemized the significant challenges a continuing resolution of any length would pose to the Air Force and Space Force. View the full article

At this week's annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference, the command responsible for training and readiness in the Space Force emphasized Guardian development, connection and family readiness across three key panel discussions. View the full article

U.S. Space Force senior leaders discussed the Personnel Management Act during a panel at the Air and Space Force’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 18. View the full article

Both Godfrey and Berg underscored the importance of international cooperation in space. Godfrey pointed to the Combined Space Operations initiatives, which brings together 10 nations. View the full article

Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force John Bentivegna announces his three key initiatives and the new enlisted roadmap during the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. View the full article

During CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman’s keynote address at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference, he explained how the service will transform to thrive in a new environment optimized for Great Power Competition. View the full article

As Delivered by Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman on September 17, 2024 View the full article

DAF senior leaders focused on how the Air Force and Space Force must capitalize and leverage acceptable risk in future planning, adapt to the resourcing and risks present in today’s dynamic environment. View the full article

Conceding that his future as secretary is connected to the outcome of November’s election, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall used a high-profile keynote address Sept. 16 to highlight achievements modernizing and reshaping the Air Force and Space Force while also emphasizing unfinished work and the urgency driving it. View the full article

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced seven initiatives to improve the quality of life for service members and their families. View the full article

The United States Space Force has partnered with the Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Michigan to research Advanced Space Power and Propulsion under the USSF University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3. View the full article

A group of 18 personnel from the 4th Space Operations Squadron, a component of Delta 8, headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, recently traveled to Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii for a contingency operations exercise to test a highly technical piece of equipment known as a Mobile Constellation Control Station. View the full article

The four-day summit focused on the “Spirit of Integration,” and brought together Department of Defense, NATO and more 67 allied and partner nations’ SEL counterparts to show the Department of the Air Force’s commitment to working together to overcome shared challenges. View the full article

The exercise was designed to prepare S4S for its wartime mission and involved tailored participation from subordinate units to refine and validate S4S’s organizational concepts of operational employment. View the full article

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr., Space Operations Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Caleb Lloyd, SpOC senior enlisted leader, met with Airmen, Guardians and UK counterparts during a visit Aug. 27-30. View the full article

Suicide prevention is a top military priority every day, but takes on even greater focus each September, designated since 2008 as National Suicide Prevention month. View the full article

Scheduled for next year, Schriever Wargame 2025 is a multi-national exercise designed to explore critical space issues and advance space support within terrestrial military operations, with a focus on deterring and defending against adversaries in an increasingly congested space environment. View the full article

Scheduled for next year, Schriever Wargame 2025 is a multi-national exercise designed to explore critical space issues and advance space support within terrestrial military operations, with a focus on deterring and defending against adversaries in an increasingly congested space environment. View the full article

The trip consisted of engagements with senior leaders in Belgium, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Estonia and Poland to reinforce the indispensable alliances that ensure security in the region. View the full article

U.S. Space Command celebrated its fifth anniversary Aug. 29 and commemorated the milestone with discussions of the 11th combatant command’s achievements and goals for the future. View the full article

Space Delta 13’s Detachment 2, in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force’s Holm Center, has played a key role in educational development efforts here in Air Force ROTC, Officer Training School, and in both the Air Force and Space Force Junior ROTC programs. View the full article