Dec. 7, 2021 Long-Range Discrimination Radar Reshapes Adversaries' Calculus for Attacks Against U.S. Homeland The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Northern Command and the Space Force marked the completion of construction on the long-range discrimination radar site at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, during a ceremony on Monday.
Dec. 7, 2021 ULA Atlas V launches Space Test Program SAT-6, LDPE-1 into orbit At 5:19 a.m., Dec. 7 while many along Florida’s space coast likely slept, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, powered the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission and two satellites into space.
Aug. 31, 2021 Reservist earns a place in Exercise Red Flag’s nearly five-decade history A 310th Space Wing Reservist earned a superior performer award and was the first Air Force enlisted member to serve as a non-kinetic duty officer during Exercise Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, earlier this month.
Aug. 11, 2021 Airmen claim USSF maintainer awards: ‘We are the insurance for the Space Force’ Three Airmen at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, responsible for supporting missions valued at more than $5 billion, were selected as the top maintainers in the U.S. Space Force for 2020.
July 28, 2021 Kendall sworn in as 26th Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall was administratively sworn in July 28 as the 26th Secretary of the Air Force.