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By THE SANTA MARIA TIMES Published: April 8, 2021 SANTA MARIA, Calif. (Tribune News Service) — Two U.S. senators and a congressman from California have called for military officials to consider Vandenberg Air Force Base as a top candidate for a new space readiness and training unit after rejecting the base for U.S. Space Command headquarters. Rep. Salud Carbajal and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla also requested more information about why Vandenberg AFB was knocked off the list to house headquarters, according to a March 11 letter sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Additi...

Print One of the U.S. Space Force’s three main prongs, the division that will develop and buy space technologies and services, will be based in the Los Angeles area, officials announced Thursday. The Los Angeles Air Force Base’s Space and Missile Systems Center in El Segundo will become the headquarters of the planned division, which is named Space Systems Command. The division is set to become official this summer after its commander is selected and receives Senate confirmation. Space Systems Command will be in charge of developing and acquiring space capabilities, including launch ser...

Under the $200 million contract, LinQuest will provide support for Space Operations Command, which oversees the operations of military constellations like the Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellites.

Q&A with Gen. Thompson, Vice Chief of Space Operations SPACE 2/8/2021 Space Force photo Gen. David “DT” Thompson serves as the first vice chief of space operations for the Space Force, the military’s newest armed service. On Dec. 11, shortly before the one-year anniversary of the establishment of the organization, Thompson spoke with National Defense Senior Editor Yasmin Tadjdeh about the service’s accomplishments, its future and working with industry. The following Q&A has been lightly edited for length and clarity. The Space Force is now a year o...

Florida officials hold out hope for part of Space Force By The News Service of Florida Published  article Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman (R), Space Force and Command Senior Enlisted Leader and CMSgt Roger Towberman (L), with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett present US President Donald Trump with the official flag of the United States Space F (Photo by Samuel Corum-Pool/Getty Images) Expand TALLAHASSEE - Florida officials maintained Thursday they can still land Space Force operations and facilities, a day after the state was passed over for the command headquarters of the newes...