This iteration of Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base has been engineered to provide consistent and realistic training to include space and cyberspace as mediums for organizational learning to take place at the same level as air operations., News, features and commentaries about Air Force Reserve people, equipment and missions
This iteration of Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base has been engineered to provide consistent and realistic training to include space and cyberspace as mediums for organizational learning to take place at the same level as air operations.,
SpaceX launches first of twin Starlink missions, 45th Space Wing’s busy year continues
February 3, 2021
SpaceX launched their Starlink v1.0 L18 flight, or 19th Starlink mission, from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, 4 February at 01:19 EST (06:19 UTC).
This is scheduled to be followed by a second Starlink mission from nearby LC-39A just under 28 hours later, keeping SpaceX on track to achieve their planned 48 launches this year while the Eastern Range and 45th Space Wing of the United States Space Force remain on target to reach their own goal of supporting at least 48 launches a year or one per week from Florida.
By Jeanne Dailey, Air Force Research Laboratory / Published February 04, 2021
The Air Force Research Laboratory held an induction ceremony to transfer 13 officers from the U.S. Air Force into the U.S. Space Force Feb. 1, at Kirtland AFB, N.M. Col. Eric Felt, director of AFRL s Space Vehicles Directorate (center), presided over the event with distinguished guest speakers, Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland, USAF (ret.) (left) and Col. Mike Mullane, USAF (ret.) (right), both of whom administered the oath of office to the new Space Force Guardians. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Michael Cochran)
Lt. Col. John Zingarelli administers the oath of office to six Air Force Research Laboratory officers, commissioning them into the U.S. Space Force, in a ceremony held Feb. 1 at AFRL s Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site on Maui. The ceremony was held at the Haleakala Summit, where the site conducts its telescope operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Johnson)