Gen. Lance Lord, head of Air Force Space Command, tells us that conditions are auspicious for commercial space sector business and for the commercial and military space sectors to find a common ground that will benefit both. So, will there be more cuts to military space programs? “There’s no doubt we have to be prepared,” Lord says. But, he adds, “I’m confident we’ll be able to work with the dollars we get; … we’ve got a strategy that’s going to give us some flexibility.”
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…