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The Space Force's Physical Training Uniform was unveiled in September 2021. As of April 2023, the Space Force stated that the Physical Training Uniform would be available by early 2024 and that the Service Dress Uniform would be available by late 2025. [164]
It was launched to a highly elliptical high Earth orbit aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket (for the first time) from LC-39A on 28 December 2023. [5] The spaceplane is operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and United States Space Force, which considers the mission classified and as such has not revealed the objectives ...
On 15 September, the Firefly Alpha made its successful flight for a tactically responsive mission for the U.S. Space Force. [27] On November 18, 2023, SpaceX Starship attempted its second flight test, becoming the heaviest rocket to enter space, although the first stage exploded shortly after separation, while the second stage was lost nearly ...
The Space Force's first combat operations as a new service included providing early warning of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force missile strikes against U.S. troops at Al Asad Airbase on 7 January 2020 through the 2nd Space Warning Squadron's Space Based Infrared System. [76]
In August 2019, the United States Space Command was reestablished and Dickinson was selected to serve as its first deputy commander.In December 2019, the United States Space Force was established and General John W. Raymond, U.S. Space Command's commander, became its first chief of space operations while retaining command of the combatant command.
In September 2023, General B. Chance Saltzman announced that SPACEFOR-EURAF would be the fourth component field command. [8] A month later, the United States European Command announced that the unit will be activated on 8 December 2023 with Col Max E. Lantz II, then the director of staff for USAFE-AFAFRICA, as the inaugural commander. [9]
Following his confirmation on 5 December 2023, he transferred to the Space Force as a major general, becoming the first Space Force general officer to have come from the Air National Guard. [3] [4] [5] On 22 December 2023, he was promoted to lieutenant general and became the Space Forces’s chief strategy and resourcing officer. [1]
As the service's chief strategy and resourcing officer, he has overall responsibility for the strategies, requirements, and budget of the Space Force. [4] He led the Space Force's first space engagement talks (SET) with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in 2023. [10] In July 2023, Garrant was nominated for appointment as commander of the Space ...