The head of US Strategic Command this month released guidance to security forces and the country’s nuclear bases on how to respond to threats from small drones, following the trend of adversaries using the off-the-shelf devices in battle in the...
An Air Force combat controller will be awarded the Silver Star for his actions in a 2015 battle in Afghanistan that protected his special forces team while pinned down, and resulting in the deaths of “many” enemy fighters. TSgt. Brian...
Colorado Springs, Colo. The Air Force will “stand up a three-star deputy chief of staff for space,” Gen. Jay Raymond, chief of Air Force Space Command said. When the position is finalized and filled, the Air Force will have someone...
The head of US Strategic Command targeted the Air Force’s acquisition process for repeated delays on replacing the aging UH-1Ns that defend the nation’s nuclear missile fields, saying the slow process has been “unacceptable.” STRATCOM chief Air Force Gen. John...
The White House is planning a review of the nation’s ballistic missile defense, in addition to its nuclear posture review, the chief of US Strategic Command said Tuesday. STRATCOM Commander Gen. John Hyten, at the Senate Armed Services Committee, said...
While Air Force officials have called for a bigger buy of B-21 Raiders, the current planned number of 100 should be enough for US Strategic Command, the command’s chief said Tuesday. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, speaking Tuesday at the...
Colorado Springs, Colo. The Air Force’s Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center has a new name, and a shorter acronym. The mission is now known as the National Space Defense Center, Brig Gen. John Shaw, the deputy director of global...
Colorado Springs, Colo. Staying ahead of US adversaries in space will require “more risk-taking on our part” and “more risk-tolerance on the part of those who oversee us,” National Reconnaissance Office Director Betty Sapp said Tuesday. The NRO, in its...
