Whether it’s adding on-orbit capabilities or new forms of simulation, the Space Force wants to get its training beyond the classrooms and PowerPoint slides, its chief trainer said May 10. How the Space Force goes about preparing Guardians has changed significantly even within the past few ...
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You may know him as future Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John F. Bentivegna, but many Guardians and Airmen know him as Chief B-9. Here’s why.
A year after the Department of Defense was to report to Congress on whether it could declassify more Space Force programs, lawmakers are still waiting. Pentagon officials say only that they’re working the issue.
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While military leaders and lawmakers have spent much of the past year or so fretting over low recruiting numbers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Space Force has been an anomaly, having to turn away thousands of applicants eager to join the newest ...
Within a few years, the Space Force be able to conduct “full spectrum operations” in orbit, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said this week—hinting at a new space weapon that could be used offensively while offering scant details
The Space Force system for controlling a wide range of critical government satellites is growing old, inefficient and unable to keep up with rising demand, the Government Accountability Office warned in a new report. The Satellite Control Network (SCN) is made up of 19 antennas ...
The northernmost U.S. military base in the world has a new name, as Thule Air Base became Pituffik Space Base on April 6. The renaming reflects both the native Greenlandic culture where the base is located and its primary role supporting Space Force missions.
While leaders have touted the Space Force as the U.S.’s first digital service, it still faces plenty of technological shortcomings, Chief Information and Technology Officer Lisa Costa said recently. And instead of trying to update all of its outdated IT, the service might be better served ...