Air Force Space Command opens its new Standard Space Trainer Integrated Space Center at Schriever AFB, Colo., where it has been under development since 2006. The SST offers common training architecture for satellite operators.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
