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Sept. 26, 2025
Exercising at scale: What we’re learning

The DAF has been investing in its readiness and training with more sophisticated operational exercises, changes to enhance the rapid deployment of forces, and the regular exercise of mission command.
Sept. 23, 2025
Space Operations Command Achieves Key Milestone with Operational Acceptance of FORGE Delivery #2

The 11th Space Warning Squadron (11SWS), Mission Delta 4 (MD4), Space Operations Command (SpOC), took operational acceptance of Delivery #2 for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) September 23, 2025, at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. This acceptance marks a significant
Sept. 9, 2025
Space Warfighting Heritage - The Dawn of Deep Space Surveillance

Today, the world relies on a variety of space surveillance systems, including the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) system, to track over 47,000 man-made objects in orbit. With its one-meter-wide telescope, and advanced digital camera technology, GEODSS can see objects
Aug. 22, 2025
Space Warfighting Heritage – The Leap from Space

On August 16, 1960, U.S. Air Force Captain Joseph W. Kittinger Jr. did something nobody had ever done before. He jumped from an open gondola of a special balloon that lifted him to a height of 102,800 feet. His record for the highest freefall parachute jump lasted for over 52 years until it was
Aug. 19, 2025
Forging the Fight Together: Synchronizing Joint Operations in Bamboo Eagle 25-3

Bamboo Eagle 25-3 pushed the boundaries of 21st-century mission command, leveraging the Distributed Mission Operations Center, or DMOC, to forge agile, resilient leaders. In a synthetic battlespace, the joint force rehearsed decentralized execution and empowered decision-making to achieve decision

Exercising at scale: What we’re learning

Space Operations Command Achieves Key Milestone with Operational Acceptance of FORGE Delivery #2

Space Warfighting Heritage - The Dawn of Deep Space Surveillance

Space Warfighting Heritage – The Leap from Space

Forging the Fight Together: Synchronizing Joint Operations in Bamboo Eagle 25-3