Creating a Space National Guard could cost nearly $500 million a year, plus additional one-time costs, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found in a new analysis. CBO studied two options: one based on an existing proposal for a smaller Space National Guard, and another on ...
A top space operations official outlined how America’s foray into commercial space travel could shape the military’s work, on the heels of SpaceX’s successful Crew Dragon launch to the International Space Station on May 30. NASA and SpaceX launched two astronauts into orbit from U.S. ...

Almanac: Pay

June 1, 2020
Military basic pay; housing allowance; hazardous duty pay; federal civilian pay.

Almanac: People

June 1, 2020
Personnel by the numbers: total force; end strength and manpower trends; breakdowns by gender, rank, region, command, Air Force Specialty Codes, and more.

Almanac: Structure

June 1, 2020
The command structure of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force; numbered air forces and centers.