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U.S. Air Force

US
gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
www.airforce.com/
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The P-11 satellite was turned over to the Air Force Museum after its exhibition in 1970.

Mentioned as: the air forceTechnical ProductMar 3, 2025Mystery solved! The CALSAT satellite

The P-11 satellite was removed from display after the Air Force Museum's expansion around 2010.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMar 3, 2025Mystery solved! The CALSAT satellite

By the late 1970s, the satellites began serving tactical users like deployed Army and Air Force units in Europe and Korea.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJan 27, 2025Titan’s spinners: the FARRAH satellites

Starting in the early 1960s, the United States Air Force launched satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: United States Air ForceTechnical ProductJan 27, 2025Titan’s spinners: the FARRAH satellites

The Department of the Air Force will accept public comments on the scope of the planned EIS through 2024-01-27.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralDec 30, 2024Study to examine environmental impacts of increased SpaceX launches from Vandenberg

The Department of the Air Force is planning three in-person public meetings 2024-01-14 through 16 in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Lompoc, California, and an online public meeting 2024-01-23 to discuss the planned EIS.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralDec 30, 2024Study to examine environmental impacts of increased SpaceX launches from Vandenberg

Space Launch Complex 6 was built in the 1960s for the Air Force’s Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, which was canceled in 1969 before any launches took place.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralDec 30, 2024Study to examine environmental impacts of increased SpaceX launches from Vandenberg

Draken International won a $280,000,000 contract with the U.S. Air Force in 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipDec 11, 2024Jared Isaacman on U.S. space competitiveness: ‘We can’t be second’

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Integrated Experiments and Evaluation Branch (AFRL/RVE) awarded CesiumAstro a contract to design, build, test, and deliver a Skylark LMG Ka-band active electronically steered array user terminal within 12 months.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipDec 11, 2024CesiumAstro Awarded Contract by Air Force Research Laboratory for Skylark Ka-Band AESA User Terminal

The Arizona radar was partially funded by a 2023 U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipDec 10, 2024LeoLabs expands space-monitoring network with radar site in Arizona

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) was awarded a $45,469,600, five-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipDec 10, 2024Redwire Awarded $45 Million Contract from Air Force Research Laboratory to Advance Enhanced Space-Based Capabilities for the Warfighter

The March 2024 prototype weather satellite was launched in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: air force life cycle management centerTechnical ProductDec 5, 2024Muon Space climate-monitoring satellites eyed for military applications

The four-year deal with the Air Force Research Laboratory, dated 2024-11-26, leverages Varda’s W-Series reentry capsules as platforms to test payloads at hypersonic speeds.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipDec 2, 2024U.S. Air Force awards Varda $48 million to test payloads on reentry capsules

Commercial reentry capsules offer the U.S. Air Force an operational environment to test vehicle subsystems under real flight conditions.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralDec 2, 2024U.S. Air Force awards Varda $48 million to test payloads on reentry capsules

The Air Force Research Laboratory launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime experiment on 2024-11-04.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralNov 26, 2024Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31

Ted Huetter took photos of seven shuttle landings at Edwards Air Force Base between 1982 and 1989.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralNov 25, 2024Review: Waiting for Spaceships

FASTBACK-B was proposed as a second variant of FASTBACK, featuring a digital data-return system through the Air Force Satellite Control Network.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralNov 25, 2024National Reconnaissance Program crisis photography concepts, part 4: FASTBACK and FASTBACK-B

The U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Air Force are exploring concepts to use Starship as a rapid global transport system capable of delivering personnel and cargo to any point on Earth in under an hour, potentially replacing platforms like the C-17 Globemaster III.

Mentioned as: air forceNarrative CapabilityNov 20, 2024Space Force chief observes Starship test launch, signaling military interest

The U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps are collaborating under a Tri-Service Memorandum of Understanding on critical sub-systems for CCA platforms.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipNov 20, 2024U.S. Navy + Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® demo 1st live control of a UAV by UMCS and MDCX™

Reed and Shaheen requested that Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall provide a briefing on the case and on efforts to increase competition among commercial space capability providers no later than 2024-12-01.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralNov 19, 2024Senators ask Pentagon and DOJ to investigate Putin-Musk calls
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