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Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command and the Joint Force Space Component Command, speaks to an audience at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 9, 2019.

April 10, 2019

AFSPC Commander highlights Joint, Coalition warfighters at Space Symposium

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The leader of Air Force Space Command and the Joint Force Space Component Command spoke to members of the international space community, industry and media at the 35th Space Symposium Tuesday.

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. David Kriete, deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and Elizabeth Durham-Ruiz, director of USSTRATCOM Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Center, cut the cake following the announcement of USSTRATCOM’s Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center (NEC) meeting all requirements declaring initial operational capability at Offutt Air Force, Neb., April 3, 2019.

April 3, 2019

USSTRATCOM announces initial operational capability of NC3 Enterprise Center

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) officials formally declared initial operational capability (IOC) of the Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center (NEC) April 3, 2019.“This is an exciting time for USSTRATCOM. We are laying the ground floor to develop the NC3 (Nuclear Command, Control and Communications) architecture of the

Members of the 90th Operations Group stand for a photo with their Navy sister unit from the USS Wyoming (SSBN-742), March 5, 2019, in Norfolk Va. It has been a long standing tradition for the crew of the USS Wyoming to come to Cheyenne as part of Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world’s largest outdoor rodeo and western festival, In an effort to continue this partnership the submarine’s crew hosted the 90th OG for a tour of the USS Wyoming. (Courtesy Photo)

April 1, 2019

90th OG visits USS Wyoming, strengthening joint partnership

F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. — Members of the 90th OG on F.E. Warren Air Force Base traveled on March 5, 2019, to Norfolk, Va., to strengthen the working relationship with their Navy sister unit aboard the USS Wyoming (SSBN-742).

April 1, 2019

April Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie Matyascik, public affairs specialist with the Command Staff Directorate, hails from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, and has 18 years and 11 months of service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: As the command webmaster and social media manager, I tell the USSTRATCOM story to audiences

Pappy Dodd (pictured), U.S. Strategic Command red team conveyancer, and volunteers from the Happy Hill Community in Plattsmouth, Neb., built a primitive access road on March 15, 2019, in the wake of local flooding. The road was constructed so that residents could travel in and out of the community while the access roads were flooded.

March 28, 2019

Helping a community one road at a time

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — As flood waters rose to record levels in Nebraska on March 15, 2019, the residents of Happy Hill in Plattsmouth became isolated and faced a dilemma: How were they going to get out?

Official portrait of Air Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, for his position as commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., taken Oct. 14, 2016. U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash

March 26, 2019

United States Space Command Commander Nominated

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The President has nominated to the Senate Gen John W. "Jay" Raymond as the Commander, United States Space Command (USSPACECOM).

A test of the nation's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system,
was conducted from North Vandenberg Monday, March 25 at 10:32 a.m. PDT by 30th Space Wing officials,
the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.

March 25, 2019

Test of Nation's Midcourse Defense System Conducted

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A test of the nation's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, was conducted from North Vandenberg Monday, March 25 at 10:32 a.m. PDT by 30th Space Wing officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.

March 17, 2019

Team Offutt battling flood waters

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Like large portions of Nebraska, Offutt personnel are battling flood waters which started to creep onto the installation March 15.

March 1, 2019

March Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Staff Sgt. Montai Gillard, space and counter-space analyst with the Intelligence Directorate (J2), hails from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and has six years of military service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: As an analyst assigned to J2, I have had the opportunity to brief general and flag officers on emerging threats in the

U.S. Strategic Command Commander Gen. John E. Hyten, and U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command Commander Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services on United States Strategic Command and United States Northern Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2020 and the Future Years Defense Program at the Hart Senate Building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2019.

Feb. 27, 2019

Stratcom Commander: Modernizing Nuclear Triad Critical to Defense

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nuclear triad, which is composed of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles and bombers, “is the most important element of our national defense, and we have to make sure that we’re always ready to respond to any threat,” the commander of U.S. Strategic Command said today.