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U.S. Air Force

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gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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After the initial ceasefire, the Turkish Air Force attacked Nicosia Airport using two American-made F-100 Super Sabre and six F-104 Starfighter jets and destroyed a Cyprus Airways Trident passenger jet on the runway.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2025Flashpoint Cyprus 1974: Cold War satellite reconnaissance and peripheral wars

The Air Force launched GAMBIT Mission 4342 from Vandenberg Air Force Base on June 6, 1974.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2025Flashpoint Cyprus 1974: Cold War satellite reconnaissance and peripheral wars

Greek military aircraft took off from Souda Air Force Base and headed toward Nicosia on July 21, 1974, with thirteen aircraft continuing toward the airport.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2025Flashpoint Cyprus 1974: Cold War satellite reconnaissance and peripheral wars

The United States Air Force launched HEXAGON Mission 1208 from Vandenberg Air Force Base on April 10, 1974.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2025Flashpoint Cyprus 1974: Cold War satellite reconnaissance and peripheral wars

The United States Air Force launched GAMBIT Mission 4342 from Vandenberg Air Force Base on June 6, 1974.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2025Flashpoint Cyprus 1974: Cold War satellite reconnaissance and peripheral wars

On July 22, 1974, the Turkish Air Force attacked Nicosia Airport using two F-100 Super Sabre and six F-104 Starfighter jets.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2025Flashpoint Cyprus 1974: Cold War satellite reconnaissance and peripheral wars

DeepSat secured a $1.25 million contract with the U.S. Air Force under the SBIR Initiative's Direct to Phase II program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialSep 1, 2025Middle East Space Roundup: 25 to 31 August 2025

A general from the Army has returned to lead INTA after over a decade of directors from the Air Force and Space.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 29, 2025El general Campo Loarte pasa a dirigir el INTA, el gran organismo de investigación del Ministerio de Defensa

The former Royal Air Force station at the SaxaVord site closed in 2006 and the radar system was re-opened as an autonomous Remote Radar Head in 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 18, 2025Frank Strang and SaxaVord: Europe’s first fully licensed vertical launch site

Major James F. Linzey served nearly 24 years as an Army and Air Force chaplain and retired with the rank of major.

Mentioned as: US Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 21, 2025The National Cathedral Version of the Space Force Hymn: “Creator of the Universe”

Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF (retired) coined the term 'lawfare' in 2001.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 7, 2025Taiwan’s satellites: A lawfare vulnerability and an option to cure and enhance deterrence against the PRC (part 2)

Camp Cooke was mostly shuttered by the mid-1950s when the Air Force selected the site for long-distance rocket and missile launches over open water.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductJun 30, 2025Guardians on the West Coast: The Space and Missile Technology Center and Vandenberg museum

Operational control of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense site at Vandenberg is provided by the U.S. Army, with support functions provided by the Space Force and Air Force.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 30, 2025Guardians on the West Coast: The Space and Missile Technology Center and Vandenberg museum

FLINT (Foreign Launch Interactive Piece Separation) was a program created by USAF Captain William E. Wiesel for tasks including cataloging objects from launches and processing maneuvers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2025Assigning an identification to a satellite, revisited

Slick-10 (Space Launch Complex 10) is the historic site where the Air Force launched weather satellites in the 1970s and where the Royal Air Force practiced launching Thor intermediate-range ballistic missiles in the early 1960s.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2025Guardians on the West Coast: The Space and Missile Technology Center and Vandenberg museum

The Israeli Air Force targeted Iranian military satellite infrastructure and air defense systems in western Iran and Tehran.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2025Middle East Space Roundup: 23 to 29 June 2025

The U.S. Army provides operational control of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense site at Vandenberg, with support functions provided by the Space Force and the Air Force.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 30, 2025Guardians on the West Coast: The Space and Missile Technology Center and Vandenberg museum

Charles Phillips is a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel who began his career in 1978 as an orbital analyst and later worked as a Space Shuttle flight controller and on Shuttle/Mir and ISS programs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2025Assigning an identification to a satellite, revisited

Charles Phillips is a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel who began his career in 1978 as an orbital analyst in the Space Defense Center and Space Computational Center in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

Mentioned as: USAFTechnical ProductJun 30, 2025Assigning an identification to a satellite, revisited

Space Launch Complex 10 hosted Air Force weather satellite launches in the 1970s and Royal Air Force Thor missile practice launches in the early 1960s.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2025Guardians on the West Coast: The Space and Missile Technology Center and Vandenberg museum
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