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May 1, 2019

F.E. Warren AFB tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 2:42 a.m. Pacific Time May 1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Dr. Phys. Marius-Ion Piso (center), President of Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), signs the United States-Romania Space Situational Awareness (SSA) agreement alongside Lt. Col. Matthew Kimsal (left), representative of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, and Mircea Cernat, Senior Engineer of ROSA, at ROSA headquarter in Bucharest, Romania, on April 25, 2019. The U.S. government partners with space-faring entities to promote the responsible, peaceful and safe use of space. SSA sharing agreements lay the foundation that allows USSTRATCOM to share information with allies and partners in support of launches, on-orbit maneuvers, anomaly resolution, de-commissioning activities and on-orbit conjunction assessments. SSA sharing is a foundational capability that affects all future space operations and projects.

April 26, 2019

100th space sharing agreement signed, Romania Space Agency joins

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Strategic Command reached a milestone with the signing of its 100th space situational awareness agreement (SSA) when the Romanian Space Agency signed an agreement with USSTRATCOM April 25, 2019.

Members of the community stock shelves at the Sarpy-Cass Disaster Resource Center April 4, 2019, in Bellevue, Nebraska. The counties were heavily impacted by flooding in early March. (U.S. Air Force photo by D. P. Heard)

April 26, 2019

Sailors bring relief to flood victims

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — While one-third of the installation was impacted by flooding, countless community members lost their homes and two Sailors from U.S. Strategic Command have made it their mission to help.Petty Officer First Class Erick Tellin was approached by Petty Officer Second Class Joseph Sousa III who had seen the devastation of the flood waters in the local

April 15, 2019

2019 BTF comes to an end

RAF FAIRFORD, England — More than 450 personnel and six B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned home following a short-term deployment to RAF Fairford, England, in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force in Europe, April 11, 2019.

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 (SSA) services and information with the Polish Space Agency at USSTRATCOM headquarters on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., April 4, 2019. Correll signed the agreement as part of a larger effort to support spaceflight planning and enhance the safety, stability and sustainability of space operations. Poland joins 18 nations, two intergovernmental organizations, and 77 commercial satellite owners, operators, launchers already participating in SSA data-sharing agreements with USSTRATCOM.

April 11, 2019

USSTRATCOM, Polish Space Agency sign agreement to share space services, data

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — United States Strategic Command and the Polish Space Agency signed an agreement for space situational awareness (SSA) services and data at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 10, 2019. Agreements like these lay the foundation that allows the United States to share information with allies and partners.

Air Chiefs and senior space officials from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States held a meeting at Headquarters Air Force Space Command to discuss the future of the Combined Space Operations (CSpO) initiative April 10, 2019.

April 10, 2019

Multinational Statement for Combined Space Operations

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Chiefs and senior space officials from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States held a meeting at Headquarters Air Force Space Command to discuss the future of the Combined Space Operations (CSpO) initiative April 10.

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.

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson emphasized the importance of the U.S. maintaining its dominance in space during a speech April 9, 2019, at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. “America is the best in the world at space, and our adversaries know it,” she said. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Mathews)

April 10, 2019

Shanahan, Wilson, Goldfein offer views for ensuring U.S. superiority in space

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) — The top echelon of the United States’ civilian and military leadership offered unflinching assurances April 9, that America’s superiority in space will endure even as competition – and the stakes – for primacy intensify.

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

April 2, 2019

Wilson, Goldfein outline Air Force progress, need for larger force

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday that the Air Force must get bigger and funding must be predictable to meet – and defeat – security threats at home, globally and in space in an era of great power competition.