The Air Force and Raytheon moved one step closer to fielding an improved capability against adversary’s air defenses, conducting a successful test shot of an upgraded High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). In the test, an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 85th...
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? Members of the 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., shut down the Air Force’s oldest Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft, ending the satellite’s more than two decades of providing communications to US military forces and national leadership....
Delays in the launch of the Air Force’s first two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites, originally scheduled for July 23, may impact United Launch Alliance’s ability to launch the GPS IIF-7 satellite on July 31, Air Force Space Command...
The launch of the first two new Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites was scrubbed Wednesday “due to an issue with the ground support equipment environmental control system that supports the launch vehicle,” Air Force Space Command spokeswoman Capt. Caitlin...
The 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program spacecraft successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday morning from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., according to a release. “The launch of DMSP-19 continues the vital weather support to operational commanders for...
HH-60G rescue helicopters stood on alert at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, for the last time on New Year’s Eve. Aircrew, pararescuemen, and the machines of the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron saved more than 2,400 US and coalition lives since beginning around-the-clock...
The Air Force Inspector General found that Maj. Gen. Michael Carey, former commander of 20th Air Force, violated article 133 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, conduct unbecoming an officer, during a trip to Russia in July.
The Defense Satellite Communications Systems B10 satellite marked 20 years in orbit in late November, officially outliving its designed operational life twice over. B10 began its career supplying wideband communications to US Strategic Command, blasting off from Cape Canaveral AFS,...
Raytheon delivered the first order of control section modification units for the Air Force’s AGM-88M High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles, announced the company. This upgrade is known as HCSM. It adds Global Positioning System guidance and “improves inertial navigation system capability at...