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  • Space Operations Command welcomes new commander

    The U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command held a change of command ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., Jan, 9, where Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting relinquished command to Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr.

  • Inaugural Exercise RED SKIES elevates USSF readiness

    Exercise RED SKIES 24 achieved success during its inaugural execution from Dec. 11-15. RED SKIES represents the U.S. Space Force's latest service exercise, emphasizing the orbital warfare (OW) discipline, which applies orbital dynamics and satellite flight to Space Force operations.

  • Bill Nye visits Buckley SFB

    Bill Nye, mechanical engineer, science communicator, and television presenter, held a Q&A and witnessed the Space Force mission first hand during a visit to Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 6, 2023.

  • Integrated Mission Delta protoypes report emerging successes

    The two provisional Integrated Mission Deltas in October, organizing service activities around mission areas instead of functional specialties to strengthen unity of command for readiness and energizing unity of effort for capability development, are reporting emerging successes

  • US Space Force prepares X-37B for launch

    The seventh mission of the X-37B, also known as OTV-7, will be the first to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket—designated USSF-52—with a wide range of test and experimentation objectives.

  • DLA, Space Force leaders discuss strategic partnership in first meeting

    Leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency, its Nuclear and Space Enterprise Support Office and the Space Force discussed how they can work together to help the new service grow its approach to logistics during their first meeting Oct. 24 at DLA’s headquarters.Mary Stevenson, the Space Force deputy

  • Space Operations Command reveals ‘futuristic’ official painting

    Space Operations Command revealed the command’s first official painting during a ceremony October 20. The painting was commissioned with artist Rick Herter and is titled “High Ground Intercept” for its depiction of space as a warfighting arena, now and into the future. The artwork depicts a