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Test Pilot School looks to the cosmos in new space program 6 hours ago Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, the Space Force's chief of space operations, presents a coin to Lt. Col. Morgan Sparks, Space Test Fundamentals Class 21-1 class leader and student, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, April 6. (Giancarlo Casem/Air Force) The Air Force’s Test Pilot School on April 6 graduated its first 15 space testers from a new three-month program, broadening the school’s role in educating a new generation of experts in the field as their role evolves. The space enterprise is no stranger to th...

Can Biden solve the Space Force’s public relations crisis? Valerie Insinna Photo credit: Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — When leaders gathered at the White House to commemorate the first birthday of the Space Force, it was supposed to be a celebration. Instead, the new military branch stumbled into another public relations quagmire after Vice President Mike Pence announced that members of the service would be called “guardians.” The announcement immediately reverberated through social media, with celebrities and mainstream news outlets mocking what seemed to be yet another instance of...

Space Force's first seven recruits graduate from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland FacebookTwitterEmail 1of10 Newly graduated enlistees, among the first new recruits assigned to the U.S. Space Force, relax after graduating from basic training Thursday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of10 Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett (center) offers an elbow greeting as the first seven trainees to enlist directly into the U.S. Space Force graduate from basic training Thursday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerS...