An A-10 “Warthog” landed in South America for the first time ever recently, as Air Forces Southern leads one of the largest exercises under U.S. Southern Command. Resolute Sentinel 23, the third edition of the training exercise in SOUTHCOM, involves roughly 1,000 personnel from the Air ...
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The Department of the Air Force revealed a sweeping list of goals and objectives on July 11 meant to keep the service ready to win wars amid severe weather brought about by climate change. The Climate Campaign Plan is the implementation portion of the Climate ...
U.S. military space operations are set for a changing of the guard in leadership—Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting has been nominated to pin on a fourth star and take over as head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Meanwhile, the Space Force is set ...
The head of U.S. Space Command, Army Gen. James Dickinson, took a weeklong trip to Europe June 21-27. U.S. military space officials have been making a concerted effort to enhance America's cooperation with European allies as Russia’s war in Ukraine has highlighted the critical importance ...
The Air Force's 557th Weather Wing headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. is the nerve center for weather forecasts that impact military operations around the world.
American military space operations are due for a significant overhaul to boost the Pentagon's capability to deal with growing threats from China and Russia, the deputy commander of U.S. Space Command said July 6. “The way we’ve been doing space operations since the dawn of the ...
Space is taking on more responsibilities for the U.S. military. Next on the agenda: cargo. A June 30 solicitation from the Defense Innovation Unit is seeking “novel commercial solutions that enable responsive and precise point-to-point delivery of cargo to, from, and through space.” If successful, ...
U.S. Space Command's new senior enlisted leader will be a Guardian, the first ever picked to advise a combatant command. Chief Master Sgt. Jacob C. Simmons will succeed Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott H. Stalker, the Pentagon said in a June 26 announcement. Simmons ...
Space is a warfighting domain, and to ensure superiority in that domain, the Space Force and U.S. Space Command need to field and demonstrate a full range of capabilities—including counterspace weapons—a new paper from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and a panel of experts ...