Space Force

For Missile Warning in Iraq, Thank the Space Force

Feb. 27, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
A top Space Force official here argued the case for why the new service needed to become a standalone organization, praising Airmen at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., for their role in warning U.S. troops overseas about the recent Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi ...

Cape Canaveral Wants Companies to Help Pay for Range Updates

Feb. 26, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.—Space Force officials here want federal lawmakers to tweak spending rules so the military can use money from private companies to pay for infrastructure changes to the launch range at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. “We're going to have to come ...

Space Force Preps for 49 Launches at Cape Canaveral

Feb. 26, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.—The Space Force’s 45th Space Wing here is gearing up for a hectic 2020 schedule that could entail launching at least one rocket a week almost all year. Until recently, the wing’s “Drive to 48” slogan focused on becoming able to ...

Building a More Global Space Force

Feb. 25, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—Col. Scott Brodeur has big plans for the Combined Space Operations Center here as he enters his last few months as commander. The CSpOC is a secretive command-and-control organization that tracks objects in space and acts as a liaison between those ...

USAF, Space Force Want Extra $4.2B for Unfunded Priorities

Feb. 21, 2020 | By Amy Hudson
The Department of the Air Force has submitted a $4.2 billion unfunded priorities list to Congress for fiscal 2021, which includes roughly $3.2 billion for the U.S. Air Force and $1 billion for the fledgling U.S. Space Force. The USAF request, which is significantly more ...

Space Force Boss Signs ‘Fighting SATCOM’ Strategy

Feb. 20, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond has signed into effect a new strategy for making satellite communications more resilient and effective as U.S. adversaries try to chip away at those capabilities. “Despite the global, instantaneous reach of our SATCOM capabilities, which includes both military ...