Senior Department of the Air Force and National Guard officials are preparing to brief Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on plans for a combined Space Force Active and Reserve component and separate Space National Guard in the coming days. National Guard Bureau chief Army ...
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The Space Force has finalized which units from the Army and Navy will join its ranks, and the new service’s No. 2 said details on the transfers are coming soon. Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson, speaking April 21 during ...
Staff Sergeant Akia D. Carter is one of the Space Force’s first-ever Outstanding Airmen, Guardians, and Civilians of the Year. Carter is an Airman Leadership School instructor with the 30th Force Support Squadron, 30th Space Wing, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., where she is ...
Senior Airman Cassidy B. Basney, with the 50th Operations Support Squadron, 50th Space Wing, is among the Space Force's first-ever 12 Outstanding Airmen, Guardians, and Civilians of the year announced April 13. The Air Force Association will shine a spotlight on each of the 12 ...
The U.S. Space Force will get a new two-star general, and several USSF and USAF colonels have been nominated to receive their first star, in a slate of nominations announced April 15. Air Force Brig. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. has been nominated to the ...
Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger Towberman announced the 2019 USSF Outstanding Airmen, Guardians, and Civilians of the year in a video posted to social media on April 13. “The 12 of you ...
The Department of the Air Force has begun work on its second review on disparities in its ranks, sending surveys to Airmen and starting interviews focused on barriers to service that some face based on gender and ethnicity. This second Inspector General Independent Disparity Review ...
The Space Force’s new Space Systems Command will oversee the new service’s acquisition and launch services under one command, with the soon-to-be-former Space and Missile Systems Center serving as its headquarters. Space Systems Command, one of three commands within the Space Force, will officially stand ...
Video recordings from this year’s virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium are now free to watch, featuring Acting Secretary John P. Roth, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond in conversation with famed astrophysicist ...
Watch the video or read the transcript of the “The Guardians We Need—Transitioning Into the Space Force” panel during AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
Air Force Gaming is launching a global intramural esports league where Airman and Guardians play against each other and wrap up the season with a March Madness-style tournament. The 24/7 resiliency- and retention-focused gaming organization has exploded in popularity, with 14,000 Airmen and Guardians playing ...
The Department of the Air Force has given USAF and Space Force commanders and senior enlisted leaders a toolkit to help equip them to carry out Defense Department-directed stand downs to address extremism within their ranks, department spokesperson Lt. Col. Malinda Singleton confirmed to Air ...
