2023 USAF & USSF Almanac: U.S. Space Force

PACAF Boss Helps Deliver First US Aircraft to Vietnam in Decades

Nov. 26, 2024

Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Kevin B. Schneider and other Airmen delivered five T-6 Texan trainer aircraft to Vietnam last week—the first U.S. aircraft delivery to the country since the Vietnam War.

New Report: China Cuts Pilot Training Time, Aims to Modernize by 2030

Nov. 26, 2024

The Chinese air force is accelerating some of its fighter pilot training but likely won't fully modernize until 2030. Tradition and the tempo of graduating aviation academy classes constrains pilot production.

Competition Gets Tougher for Space Force Senior NCO Promotions

Nov. 25, 2024

While promotion rates took off for the Space Force’s junior noncommissioned officer corps in 2024, their senior NCO counterparts weren’t as lucky, as the service released statistics and a list of those selected on Nov. 21.

Seeking New Options for GPS, Space Force Eyes Multiple Orbits

Nov. 22, 2024

For the Space Force and the U.S. writ large, the mission of position, navigation, and timing has become synonymous with three letters: GPS. That is likely to change in the coming years, as service officials described plans this week for a whole host of alternative systems, or alt-PNT.

Space Force Ready to Sign with Commercial Reserve Satellite Partners

Nov. 21, 2024

The Space Force is finalizing its first contracts for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve and plans to award them early in 2025—giving the service access to commercial satellites and other space systems in times of conflict or crisis—officials said Nov. 21.

STRATCOM Boss: AI Useful, But Don’t Expect ‘WarGames’

Nov. 20, 2024

Gen. Anthony J. Cotton wants to use artificial intelligence to more efficiently process vast amounts of data related to America’s nuclear weapons—but when it comes to actually making a decision on what to do with those weapons, it will be always be a human making the call, he said Nov. 19…

Before There Are Part-Time Guardians, USSF Needs to Figure Out Promotions, HR, and More

Nov. 20, 2024

Scores of different HR systems, a new model for how to handle promotions, and protections against conflicts of interest are all challenges the Space Force will have to resolve as it tries to bring part-time Guardians into the fold instead of a traditional Reserve component.

The Data-Centric Interdependencies that Make Battle Management Happen

Nov. 20, 2024

How SAIC creates resilient and distributed architectures that support Battle Management.

INDOPACOM Boss Not Worried About China ‘Playing Chicken’ in Pacific

Nov. 19, 2024

Adm. Samuel Paparo doesn’t view 2027 as the inevitable date of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and he thinks the U.S. can steer clear of war with Beijing caused by the People’s Republic “playing chicken” on the high seas.

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