The Air Force made a final $5.2 million offer to purchase private land within the Nevada Test and Training Range, which is inhibiting training and security, officials announced. “We are hopeful the family will accept our final offer to purchase roughly 100 acres of owned property and about 300 acres of unpatented mine claims,” Air Force Deputy Assistant Secretary for Installations Jennifer Miller said in a release. “We understand the landowners’ connection to the land, but we must also consider the demands of national security,” she added. The range hosts Red Flag held at nearby Nellis AFB, Nev., as well as other combat exercises, tactics development, and system testing. “Mission cancellations on the NTTR due to incompatible land use cost millions of dollars per year,” said range commander Col. Thomas Dempsey. “These lost opportunities and delays result in increased national security costs to the taxpayer,” he added.
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…
