The acting commander of Air Force Space Command, Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, told a House Armed Services subcommittee that the establishment of the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., has delivered a “new era in providing space combat effects to joint warfighters around the world.” He said that the JSpOC serves as a “one-stop shop” for all DOD space capabilities by integrating joint assets and improving US and allied combat capabilities.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.