2024 USAF & USSF Almanac: U.S. Space Force

The U.S. Space Force was created on Dec. 20, 2019. The Space Force exists as a separate military service within the Department of the Air Force, lead by the Chief of Space Operations.

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Missile Defense Agency Moves Out Quickly on ‘Iron Dome’

Feb. 7, 2025

The Missile Defense Agency is moving quickly to gather ideas for President Donald Trump’s proposed “Iron Dome for America” and hopes to make progress on some within the next two years.

Japan Puts New US Space Force Capability into Orbit

Feb. 6, 2025

A Japanese navigation satellite launched from one of Japan's southernmost islands earlier this week, carrying into space a U.S. Space Force space domain awareness payload.

Death at Robins Blamed on Faulty Construction, Prompting More Inspections

Feb. 6, 2025

The Air Force will launch a department-wide series of inspections of buildings across the Air Force and Space Force in the wake of an investigation into the death of a 14-year-old boy at Robins Air Force Base Ga., last summer.

Air Force Tells Commanders to Hold Standards Reviews Every Quarter

Feb. 5, 2025

Air Force leaders are directing unit commanders to conduct four “standards and readiness reviews” of their troops per year starting March 31, part of a recent push for new standards and enforcement.

Promotion Tests Still on Schedule as Air Force Handbook Changes

Feb. 4, 2025

The Air Force does not expect any changes to its promotion testing schedule as the service reevaluates one of the key study materials for those tests.

Air Force Plans to End All Telework Within Days, but Hurdles Remain

Feb. 3, 2025

A new memo lays out the initial steps for how the Department of the Air Force plans to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to send federal employees back to full-time in-person work.

Air Force Equal Opportunity Programs Not Included in DEI Purge

Feb. 3, 2025

The Air Force is not shutting down its equal opportunity programs, it said in a new memo, distinguishing them from the department’s sweeping review of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Acting Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Gwendolyn Defilippi wrote that she was issuing the Jan. 30 memo as…

Air Force: No Increase in Cancer Deaths Among Missile Community, but Study Continues

Jan. 31, 2025

The Air Force has not found a higher death rate from cancer among missileers and other service members who served decades ago near America’s nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, service officials said Jan. 30.

Focus on Your Self: Space RCO Wants Satellites to Sense Nearby Threats, Hazards

Jan. 30, 2025

The Space Force operates satellites that can peer hundreds of miles to observe threats like missile launches on Earth to other spacecraft in orbit. Now, one of the service’s acquisition arms wants to make sure USSF satellites can keep track of dangers right next or on board them.

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