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Tech. Sgt. Kyle Eisenbarth is selected as the Enlisted Corps Spotlight for November.

Nov. 3, 2018

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Tech. Sgt. Kyle Eisenbarth, noncommissioned officer in charge of mobility operations, hails from Grove City, Ohio, and has 12 years, 4 months of military service.Q: How does your job support U.S Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and our missions? A: My job as a logistics planner at USSTRATCOM in the J4 Logistics Directorate primarily involves quality

U.S. Army Col. Gary Baumann, left, the first commander of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, accepts the brigade's flag from U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Cosumano, Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, during the activation ceremony of the 100th MDB Oct. 16, 2003, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The MDB is manned both by Colorado Army National Guard and active-component soldiers.

Oct. 26, 2018

Nation’s only missile defense brigade celebrates 15 years of dedicated service to homeland defense

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Soldiers of the Colorado Army National Guard’s 100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-Based Midcourse Defense), will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the brigade’s activation with alumni, mission partners, and their families, and other officials Oct. 26, 2018, at a ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Participants conduct simulated space operations during the fifth international space experiment, Global Sentinel 2018 (GS 18), Sept. 19-28, at the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia. The event provided an opportunity to develop and implement processes for partners from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and commercial entities to collaborate on combined space situational awareness (SSA) operations in order to enhance the quality and availability of satellite tracking information.

Oct. 25, 2018

USSTRATCOM Hosts Fifth Space Experiment with International Partners

SUFFOLK, Va. — U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) led its fifth international space experiment, Global Sentinel 2018 (GS 18), Sept. 19-28, at the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia.

Capt. Chris Tymchuk calls in a simulated airstrike on Oct. 17, 2018, during Combat Raider 19-1, an exercise hosted by the 28th Bomb Wing at the Powder River Training Complex, S.D. Tymchuk is a joint tactical air controller troop commander assigned to the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 1st Regiment. JTACs from the 1st RCHA assisted in Combat Raider 19-1, that helped them become familiar with the B-1 and its capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Karol)

Oct. 23, 2018

Combat Raider 19-1 keeps forces ready, lethal

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. — Aircrew from all 8th Air Force bases flew over the Powder River Training Complex together for the first time during Combat Raider 19-1 on Oct. 16-18. They coordinated with joint tactical air controllers from the Royal Canadian Armed Forces and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, who helped coordinate simulated air strikes from the ground.

HYT is extended, effective Feb. 1, 2019.

Oct. 23, 2018

Air Force extends high year of tenure for E-4s through E-6s

Arlington, Va. (AFNS) — The Air Force is extending the high year of tenure for senior airmen through technical sergeants beginning Feb. 1, 2019. The memo, signed Oct. 18, 2018, extends the high year of tenure from eight to 10 years for senior airmen, from 15 to 20 years for staff sergeants and from 20 to 22 years for technical sergeants.

Oct. 5, 2018

USSTRATCOM expands SSA data on Space-Track.org

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Gen. John E. Hyten, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, directed the expansion of Space Situational Awareness data sharing on www.Space-Track.org, USSTRATCOM's primary SSA data sharing web platform.Registered Users on www.Space-Track.org will begin to receive additional data about some space objects that was not previously available. This action is

Oct. 1, 2018

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for October

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Tech. Sgt. Edward Whittle Jr., Airborne Command Post nuclear command and control operator for the global operations directorate, hails from Ewing, New Jersey, and has nine years of military service. Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions? A: As an Airborne Command Post nuclear command and control operator I track the status of

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Richard Correll, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of plans and policy, signs an agreement to share Space Situational Awareness services and information with Netherlands at USSTRATCOM headquarters on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Sept. 21, 2018.

Sept. 28, 2018

U.S. Strategic Command and Royal Netherlands Air Force sign agreement to share space services data

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Both U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and The Royal Netherlands Air Force signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share space situational awareness. In the transit to a 5th Generation Air Force, the Dutch Air Force relies even more on space-based systems. To ensure that the operational commander has the best Situational Awareness and

Sept. 1, 2018

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for September

Tech. Sgt. Bryant Whatley, current operations analyst for the intelligence directorate (J2), hails from Dallas, Texas, and has 14 years of military service.

Gen. Timothy Ray accepts the Air Force Global Strike Command guidon from the Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein during a change of command ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 21, 2018.

Aug. 21, 2018

Passing the guidon: Gen Ray takes command of AFGSC

Gen. Timothy Ray took command of Air Force Global Strike Command from Gen. Robin Rand, outgoing AFGSC commander, during a ceremony here, Aug. 21. He is the newest leader of the U.S. Air Force’s portion of the nuclear enterprise, which maintains the nation's only force of Minuteman III ICBMs and strategic bombers.