Space Force
Beards for Airmen and Guardians
The Navy did a study to investigate the effects that facial hair has on gas mask use. The Navy hasn’t released the study’s details yet. An amendment has been added to the annual defense authorization bill that would call for a pilot program for some Air Force and Space Force personnel to grow beards. The […]
8 years for Space Force
The Space Force is trying to retain trained people by offering an eight year active duty contract. The Space Force hopes to offer new Guardians the option of serving the regular eight-year enlistment — with four years typically spent on active duty and four in the Individual Ready Reserve component — entirely on active duty, […]
The US Space Force is investing in a simulation program for training
The US Space Force has turned to Microsoft Corporation to design a simulation program. This simulation program will allow Guardians to conduct realistic training that would help prepare them for real world operations in a space environment. Due to military classifications, not many details are known about what this program will entail. The simulation program […]
Air Force and Space Force raise entry age limit to 42
Qualified individuals up to 42 years old can apply to join the Air Force or the Space Force. This applies to both enlisted and officers. The Navy had previously raised its age limit from 39 to 41, and the Coast Guard changed its maximum enlistment age to 42. Raising the age at which someone could […]
Space Force Affirms New Focus
Late in the Cold War a stand-alone command was considered necessary to de-conflict space operations between the military services, as each branch had space capabilities of its own. The first iteration of the Space Command was created in 1985 to provide joint command and control for all military space operations. GW Bush’s administration needed to […]
Space Force Commander Is Not Happy
Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the newest independent U.S. military service branch and is tasked with missions and operations in the space domain, as the name would imply. The USSF is organized as one of two coequal military service branches within the Department of the Air […]
Buzz Aldrin gets his very own star
One of the bigger personalities in the Space Race has to be Buzz Aldrin, the second man (after Neil Armstrong) to step on the Moon. The man keeps making news even into his 90’s, and seemingly for all good reasons. The former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin has got married for the fourth time on his […]
Space Force- Full Spectrum Operations
New Space Capability! The U.S. Space Force (USSF) was established 20 Dec 2019 creating the first new branch of the armed services in 73 years. Recently Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall spoke at a Space Symposium in Colorado Springs where he emphasized that space capabilities are “important to our strategy of integrated deterrence” and is […]
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