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king at AFA’s Air & Space Conference Monday afternoon, Air Force Reserve Command boss Lt. Gen. John Bradley said he believes his command is making huge strides forward with the Total Force concept. “The ‘unrivaled wingman’ is not just a bumper sticker slogan,” Bradley said, noting that more than 60 percent of his Reservists have been mobilized (deployed or activated here at home) for the Global War on Terror. Many of these Reservists have volunteered—time and time again, he added, noting that one of his fighter squadrons has deployed four times in six years. “I actually can’t order people to do something for more than two weeks,” Bradley quipped. However, for air and space expeditionary force rotations, two weeks is just not enough—so AFRC relies on volunteers for 40- and even 120-day tours. “Forty days is just right for what we are doing,” he added. “It’s hard to get people to go 120 days, but when we can get people to do that we’ll use them.”
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
