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May 22, 2024
SecAF visits Vandenberg SFB

Vandenberg SFB Guardians and Airmen shared operational details on how they support resilient space activities at the U.S. Space Force's West Coast Spaceport and Test range.
April 24, 2024
Space Force official outlines roadmap for commercial partnerships

The Space Force aims to build upon its foundation of strong partnerships with the commercial sector to maintain the United States' competitive advantage in the frontier warfare domain, a senior service official said.
April 11, 2024
WSF-M successfully launches from Vandenberg SFB

Once on orbit, the WSF-M satellite will provide U.S. and allied warfighters with essential weather data, including the measurement of ocean surface wind speed and direction, ice thickness, snow depth, soil moisture, and local spacecraft energetic charged particle environment.
July 18, 2023
US, Japan host first-ever Space Engagement Talks

The ongoing race against adversaries and competitors who possess advanced space capabilities and questionable intentions further emphasizes the need to reinforce norms of behavior in space.
June 5, 2023
Benefield Anechoic Facility tests first space satellite in decades

Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) will be the Department of Defense’s first experimental, integrated navigation satellite system in nearly 50 years.
Jan. 4, 2023
DEL 5 ISRD operations superintendent wins William O. Studeman award

A Space Delta 5 (DEL 5) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division (ISRD) operations superintendent recently was notified of their accomplishment of winning the William O. Studeman award early this month.The winner, U.S. Space Force Master Sgt. Josef Margetiak, was selected for this
May 16, 2022
25th SecAF portrait unveiled during ceremony at Pentagon

The official portrait of former Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, who also previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Finland, was unveiled in the Pentagon Auditorium, May 13, during a tribute to the stateswomen who led the Department of the Air Force from 2019 to 2021.
Sept. 13, 2020
Air Force recruits future space professionals

Air Force recruiters nationwide will launch future enlisted space professionals to Basic Military Training to fill Fiscal 2021 job opportunities.
Sept. 3, 2020
Advanced Battle Management System field test brings Joint Force together across all domains during second onramp

In the latest exercise, known as an “onramp,” operators used ABMS to detect and defeat efforts to disrupt U.S. operations in space in addition to countering attacks against the U.S. homeland, including shooting down a cruise missile “surrogate” with a hypervelocity weapon.
April 21, 2020
Colorado Air National Guard space warriors fight COVID-19

Since Colorado Gov. Jared Polis activated the Colorado National Guard to join the fight against COVID-19 March 10, 2020, space warriors of the 233rd Space Group have been on the front lines, assisting civil authorities and augmenting critical space missions.More than 10 percent of the Colorado Air