July 26, 2024 DAF senior leaders reinforce importance of allies, partners Department of the Air Force leaders reinforced the importance of interoperability in the air and space domains during the Global Air and Space Chiefs' Conference, Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough International Air Show.
July 12, 2024 SecAF unveils portrait of first CMSSF The portrait unveiling marks one of many historic firsts for a military service that was established less than five years prior, Dec. 20, 2019.
May 23, 2024 Senate confirms Melissa Dalton as next Under Secretary of the Air Force The United States Senate confirmed Melissa G. Dalton to be Under Secretary of the Air Force May 23, clearing the way for her to become the Department’s second highest-ranking civilian leader.
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 17, 2024 Kendall, Allvin, Saltzman continue modernization drumbeat, need for Congress to approve budgets on time The dominant messages from Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman were nearly word-for-word identical to the views they expressed the day before to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
April 10, 2024 Kendall outlines strategy for addressing challenges in space while navigating uncertain budgets at home Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told a space-focused audience the United States must – and will – remain pre-eminent in space, but the job is complicated by uncertain and untimely budgets at home.
April 10, 2024 To maintain supremacy, Saltzman unveils strategy for tighter, more immersive collaboration with space industries The U.S. Space Force’s official Commercial Space Strategy is a detailed blueprint for allowing industry to be more immersed in Space Force plans, development, and operations.
April 9, 2024 Kendall, Allvin, Saltzman urge modernization while warning Senate of delayed budgets Kendall, Allvin and Saltzman’s official purpose during the hearing was to explain the department’s $217.5 billion budget request for the 2025 fiscal year which begins Oct. 1.
April 3, 2024 SecAF, CSAF, CMSAF begin Indo-Pacific trip focused on ACE The senior leaders are travelling across the Indo-Pacific region to witness firsthand the progress the service has achieved in establishing Agile Combat Employment, an operational scheme of maneuver to increase survivability and available combat power.
March 8, 2024 DAF leaders talk budget, reoptimizing the force DAF senior leaders emphasized the need for on-time appropriations and provided their perspective on the priorities and needs current and future budgets must fulfill.