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Kevin P. Chilton retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2011 as Commander of U.S. Strategic Command.
The Space Force decided on 2021-01-29 to adopt most of the U.S. Air Force ranks for officers and enlisted personnel.
ABL Space Systems secured $44,500,000 in U.S. Air Force contracts for launch demonstrations and $49,000,000 in private financing.
The White House request indicated that without the anomaly most Space Force activities during the continuing resolution period would be funded from Air Force accounts, requiring manual adjustments of obligations and disbursements and creating administrative burden that would adversely impact Space Force mission execution.
The U.S. Air Force compressed the Next-Gen OPIR program schedule by 42 months and plans to launch the first satellite by 2025.
The sixth mission of the U.S. Air Force’s reusable X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch 2020-05-16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
When the application window opens 2020-05-01, more than 7,000 enlisted airmen and officers will be asked to volunteer to give up their commission in the U.S. Air Force and transfer to the U.S. Space Force.
John "J.R." Riordan retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2011 after a 23-year career.
Susan Mashiko retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2014.
A team of U.S. military and civilian defense officials spent most of 2019 drawing up plans to create a U.S. Space Force as a new service branch within the Department of the Air Force.
PlanetIQ has raised $18,700,000 and holds contracts from NOAA and the U.S. Air Force.
The six-hour coast and deorbit burn test was requested by the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate the Falcon 9 can deliver national security payloads directly to geosynchronous Earth orbit.
York Space Systems won a contract to deliver two spacecraft for the United States Air Force.
Mike Leahy served in the U.S. Air Force for 27 years and retired with the rank of colonel.
When the U.S. Air Force acquires satellites it allocates launch funds separately in its budget.
The Department of Defense plans to build the Space Force mostly with existing resources by transferring personnel from the Air Force, Navy, and Army.
Fred Kennedy served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired with the rank of colonel.
Starting in 2021, as many as 10,000 people could be moved to the Space Force along with $8,000,000,000 worth of space programs, most of which are currently owned by the Air Force.
The upgraded legacy ground control system will support the military M-code secure anti-jam GPS signal that the Air Force plans to deploy in 2020.
Over 29 years, the Delta 2 launched 155 missions for the U.S. Air Force, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office, and commercial customers.