space force
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Response to new details about Space Force’s model for part-timers: ‘It makes zero sense’
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Space Force and Air Force Reserve leaders announced new details at a town hall hosted earlier this month about the plan to integrate part-time guardians into the active-duty Space Force. Current space-focused reservists can retire, apply for retraining through the Air Force Reserve, or apply for the Space Force, but they can’t stay in their…
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Next Air Force Academy superintendent, Tony Bauernfeind, nominated
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President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind to become the next superintendent of the Air Force Academy, according to a Monday news release. If confirmed by the Senate, Bauernfeind will succeed Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, who made history in 2020 when he was named the Academy’s first Black Superintendent. “I am humbled by…
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Defense contractor expanding to Colorado Springs with plans for more than 500 high-paying jobs
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A defense contractor whose software and digital services support military and government clients, and which has launched work on a sophisticated Space Force satellite project along with three partners, has expanded to Colorado Springs and expects to add more than 500 high-paying jobs over the next two years. Omni Federal, with employees in the Washington…
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Defense contractor expanding to Colorado Springs with plans for more than 500 high-paying jobs
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A defense contractor whose software and digital services support military and government clients, and which has launched work on a sophisticated Space Force satellite project along with three partners, has expanded to Colorado Springs and expects to add more than 500 high-paying jobs over the next two years. Omni Federal, with employees in the Washington…
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Polis opposes DOD proposal to unilaterally move space-focused National Guard units
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Gov. Jared Polis is pushing back against legislation proposed by the Department of Defense to transfer space-focused Air National Guard units into the active duty Space Force without the consent of governors who oversee the units. The potential transfer of 14 space-focused units, including seven in Colorado, to the Space Force is also expected to…
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Polis opposes DOD proposal to unilaterally move space-focused National Guard units
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Gov. Jared Polis is pushing back against legislation proposed by the Department of Defense to transfer space-focused Air National Guard units into the active duty Space Force without the consent of governors who oversee the units. The potential transfer of 14 space-focused units, including seven in Colorado, to the Space Force is also expected to…
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Colorado units ‘orphaned’ amid Space National Guard debate
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When the Space Force was established in late 2019, more than 1,000 Air National Guard members focused on space missions were left behind. A debate about their future is still raging, leaving the airmen in limbo some three years later. Lawmakers are debating a new Space National Guard that could leave the 16 space-focused guard…
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Space Force leaders talk deterrence, updates to pay and physical fitness tests
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If China or Russia blew up U.S. satellites, it could cripple critical infrastructure, such as GPS navigation and the debris could litter valuable orbits, perhaps leaving them unusable. To deter such a conflict, the U.S. Space Force expects to focus on expanding the number of satellites it relies on and ensure they are disaggregated and…
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Air Force Academy receives record $51.7M in 2022 donations
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Donors contributed a record $51.7 million to support Air Force Academy initiatives in 2022. Over 7,500 graduates, parents, families, foundations and corporations contributed funds through the Air Force Academy Foundation, bolstering the total investment in the Defining Our Future campaign to $248.26 million. Defining Our Future campaigns for private funding to support and develop academy…
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Lawmakers applaud Colorado’s military intelligence gathering amid Ukraine invasion
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Two federal lawmakers and intelligence committee members highlighted the important role some Colorado military installations are providing by gathering and sharing information among friends as Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its ninth day. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Denver, and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat who chairs of the U.S. Senate Select Committee…
