The new superintendent of the US Air Force Academy already has made some changes at the Colorado Springs, Colo., campus, including restoring “Recognition Week,” more popularly known as “hell week.” Now, Lt. Gen. John Regni wants to make more fairly wide ranging changes, such as instilling more military discipline into the school and recruiting more minorities. According to the Rocky Mountain News, one of the changes he will make is to require all cadets to rise upon reveille and to eat breakfast.
The final version of the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill calls for adding $1.2 billion to the Space Force’s research and development accounts, an increase that’s mostly split between two efforts: expanding the service’s low-Earth orbit data transport network and boosting its space-based missile warning and tracking capabilities.
