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Politics should not determine location for US Space Command Former Sen. Ben Nelson February 5 Former President Donald Trump announced in August 2019 the creation of U.S. Space Command, watching with former Vice President Mike Pence and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the command's flag is unfurled in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Carolyn Kaster/AP) Space is the next frontier and the most critical domain for near-peer competition with Russia and China. As a former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former chairman of the Strategic Forces subcommittee, I be...

What you need to know about the historic 'trifecta bomber flyover' at Super Bowl LV Courtney Robinson Replay Video UP NEXT For more than a year, every single moment of Super Bowl LV has been planned. Even down to the very second. A big part of that planning involved the U.S. Air Force and Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base as they will make history with a flyover that will take precision and coordination.   Three Global Strike Command bombers will take off from their home air bases and then as the National Anthem wraps, they will zip over Raymond James Stadium.

While 2020 was a challenging year for everyone, the Collaborative Environment (CE), an Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) partner, persevered to deliver results with a multi-million-dollar impact. This Air Force partnership, while a recent development, is producing results on par with similar existing organizations that have a significant amount of experience. Air Force Global Strike Command has placed a premium on innovation and is leading the way in the Air Force setting the example for technology transfer and transition. CE is an agile team of talented employees within the Cyber Innov...

The B-1B Lancer Isn't Going Anywhere “The B-1B community has a proven history of lethality from the Cold War to the war on terrorism, and now we are proving ourselves once again at the tactical and strategic levels with the next phase of global operations." Here's What You Need To Remember: The B-1B program is old, but has avoided retirement for one simple reason - it can still carry out its mission, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. Today there are sixty-two B-1B Lancer bombers in service, and while the aircraft are expected to be replaced by the Northrop Grumman B-21 R...

U.S. Air Force test launches 2nd unarmed ICBM this month The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California in the second such test this month. A Minutemen 3 missile roared out of a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 12:40 a.m., May 9, carrying a test reentry vehicle. The Global Strike Command says in a press release that the reentry vehicle traveled 4,200 miles over the Pacific to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Air Force says tests verify the accuracy of the system, demonstrate a robust nuclear deterrent but are not a reaction to...