The U.S. Space Force was created on Dec. 20, 2019. The Space Force exists as a separate military service within the Department of the Air Force, lead by the Chief of Space Operations.
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Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, the Space Force’s chief planning officer, is taking the lead on developing the service’s newest field command, Space Futures Command, and hopes to reach an initial capability before the end of 2024. A “task force” of roughly 10 to 15 people will ...
The Space Force wrapped up its largest-ever exercise focused on electromagnetic warfare, Black Skies 23-3, on Sept. 23, with more than 170 participants. Introduced last year, Black Skies is an electronic warfare-focused evolution of the Space Flag exercises. Organized by Space Training and Readiness Command, ...
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Every military service is constantly developing and tweaking tactics. But for the Space Force in particular, their importance—and the process by which the young service develops and approves them—is only growing. That development was highlighted last month by the first ever USSF Tactics Development Conference, ...
Brig. Gen. Timothy Sejba took over as the head of Space Training and Readiness Command on July 20, succeeding Maj. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton at a time when the Space Force is looking to upgrade its test and training infrastructure and develop new doctrine and ...
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The Department of the Air Force has selected Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., as the preferred location for Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) headquarters—and hopes to start moving in by fall of next year.
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 ...
WORLD: Space: STARCOM hosts Space Flag exercise; Space Lab construction at Kirtland AFB, N.M.
Space Training and Readiness Command hosted its largest ever Space Flag exercise at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., from Dec. 5 to 16, with 165 participants exercising potential strategies for a European conflict. Every Delta from Space Operations Command had a representative at Space Flag 23-1, ...
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