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(From left to right) 1st Lt. Catherine Willis and 1st Lt. Robyn Hayes, incoming Space Intelligence Intern Program interns, Col. Suzy Streeter, Air Force Space Command/Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance director and 1st Lt. Rebecca Bosworth and Capt. Devin Hightower, current SIIP interns, stand in front of the Space-Based Infrared System model at HQ, AFSPC on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, June 11, 2019. The Airmen are involved in SIIP, a 24-month program designed to improve the space foundational intelligence base for participants to succeed in future space intelligence leadership roles. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kristen Shimkus)

June 13, 2019

AFSPC Airmen round half-way point in Space Intelligence Intern Program

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — In order to combat rising threats in the space domain, the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Directorate at Headquarters, Air Force Space Command and the Space Security and Defense Program stood up the Space Intelligence Intern Program in July 2018. The 24-month program is designed to improve the space foundational intelligence base for candidates to succeed in future space intelligence leadership roles.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class David Chorjel, 23rd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron crew chief, signals for the pilots to hold the B-52 Stratofortress in place during Exercise Diamond Storm at RAAF Base Darwin, Australia, May 15, 2019. The B-52s allowed for simulated target strikes to aid in the exercise training efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Edwards)

June 4, 2019

U.S. Air Force bomber, fighter squadrons support Australian Air Force training

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia — ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia – The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), forward deployed from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, and the California Air National Guard’s 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Fresno, Calif., provided training support to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during exercise Diamond Storm May 6 to 26, 2019.

The Brigadier General flag is unfurled for Brig. Gen. Ty Neuman (center), director of the Commander’s Action Group for U.S. Strategic Command, during his promotion ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base, May 3, 2019.

May 6, 2019

Vaughn native: Neuman promoted to rank of brigadier general

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The U.S. Air Force welcomed a new general officer to its ranks, as Vaughn, Montana native Col. Ty Neuman, director of the Commander’s Action Group (CAG) for U.S. Strategic Command, promoted to the rank of brigadier general, May 3, 2019.“I contribute a lot of my success to my parents,” said Neuman. “Their parenting and leadership provided me a great

May 1, 2019

May Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Staff Sgt. Craig Wilkinson, noncommissioned officer in charge of Army Reserve Element training and operations with the Reserve Directorate, hails from Omaha, Nebraska, and has 20 years of military service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: I am a member of the Army Reserve Element here at USSTRATCOM. Our reservists are

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.

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.

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 5th Maintenance Group marshals a B-52 Stratofortress during Diamond Shield 2019 (DS-19) at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, March 26, 2019.

April 1, 2019

23rd EBS brings bomber support to Diamond Shield 2019

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia — U.S. Airmen assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, participated in Diamond Shield 2019 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, March 18, 2019.

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

March 29, 2019

23rd Expeditionary Bomber Squadron brings Bomber Support to Diamond Shield 2019

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia -- U.S. Airmen assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, participated in Diamond Shield 2019 at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin, Australia, March 18, 2019.More than 80 Airmen and two B-52 Stratofortresses assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomber Squadron

March 13, 2019

U.S. Strategic Command Conducts Exercise Global Lightning

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commenced Global Lightning 2019 today, an annual command and control and battle staff exercise designed to train Department of Defense forces and assess joint operational readiness across all of USSTRATCOM’s mission areas.