Space Force

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. --  U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced two new Integrated Mission Delta provisional units, scheduled to activate in Fall 2023. IMDs will integrate resources around mission areas (e.g., satellite communication; positioning, navigation, and timing, electronic warfare, missile warning) instead of the traditional functional model (e.g., operations, acquisitions, intelligence, cyber effects) in place today. This new command structure will organize all aspects of mission area readiness – personnel, training, equipment, and sustainment – into a single organization. The first two provisional IMD units will support electromagnetic warfare and positioning, navigation, and timing ...

A warfighting mindset and amplifying the Guardian Spirit are essential for the U.S. Space Force, now and into the future, said the leadership of Space Training and Readiness Command this week.U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Timothy A. Sejba, STARCOM commander, and U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. James Seballes, STARCOM senior enlisted leader, addressed attendees at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2023 Air, Space & Cyber Conference during featured panel discussions.Sejba spoke to Guardians and Airmen on the critical subject of building the warfighting mindset, noting that while the Space Force is relatively new, the space mission has enabled warfighters of every recent military campaign.“Even though the Space Force is only four years old, we’ve built the warfighting mindset fo...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) --  Department of the Air Force leaders and their spouses discussed changes and challenges that have impacted military families during a panel at the Air and Space Forces Association’s 2023 Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 13. Participating panelists included Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and his wife, Sharene Brown; Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and his wife, Jennifer Saltzman; Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and her husband, Rahn Bass; and Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman and his wife, Rachel R...

In the face of a growing number of threats, the Air and Space Forces need to consider how to maintain Air and Space Superiority with limited manning, capacity and budget. U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Douglas Schiess, Combined Force Space Component Command commander and Space Operations Command vice commander, had an opportunity to address this challenge with General Mark Kelly, Air Combat Command commander, and Gen. James Hecker, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa Command commander, during a panel on Air and Space Superiority at an Air and Space Force Association symposium in Washington D.C. Sept. 12, 2023.“We have guardians right now working on operations floors in operations centers doing the mission each and every day,” said Schiess. “They are making sure our forces are safe and secur...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. --  Reflecting on progress, emphasizing the importance of Core Values, and looking toward the future of the Space Force, Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman delivered his final keynote address as the highest enlisted senior leader of the service to a crowd of Guardians and Airmen at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference Sept. 12.  Towberman framed his address around the themes found in the hit Hollywood movie Moneyball—the importance of picking a winning team and changing the game. “Every day we come to work in my office, we’ve come to work to change the game, to change the world,” he said. As the first CMSSF of the first new branch of the armed services s...