Space Force

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) --  Since July 2023, Senior Master Sgt. Brandon Shook has served as Space Operations Command's Intelligence Threat Analysis Division senior enlisted leader and has been pivotal in ensuring that Space Force senior leaders and staff are equipped with critical information about adversary capabilities and intentions. His role is essential for making informed decisions regarding current and future operations.“An intel analyst’s number one priority is to ‘know your target and tell anyone who will listen,’” Shook recalls from a former supervisor's advice. With this in mind, his team has actively engaged with various audiences across the organization to discuss adversary activities at all classification levels.Shook has ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) --  The Honorable Kristyn Jones, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, highlighted the critical alliance between the United States and Australia during the Australian Space Summit in Sydney, Australia, May 29, 2024.The summit offered a chance for defense and civilian space sectors to further partnerships, collaboration and to continue building relationships.Jones noted the impressive history of the alliance between the U.S. and Australia, from fighting side-by-side during conflicts to formally establishing a security treaty between the two nations 73 years ago, and the ways the shared relationship has paved the way for collaboration in all domains.“Our partnership has never been stronger,” ...

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) --  A space policy and strategy club founded at the U.S. Air Force Academy has expanded to a nationwide organization with over 1,000 members at dozens of U.S. Air Force ROTC detachments. Originally called the Institute for Applied Space Policy in Strategy in 2021, the club was rebranded i5 Space a year later. It now has almost 70 host detachments across the nation, including at the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy, Harvard, Yale University, Cornell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Oklahoma, University o...

LOS ANGELES (AFNS) --  In remarks to the Los Angeles chapter of the Air & Space Forces Association, Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, commander of Space Systems Command, said SSC’s focus on acquiring and delivering resilient war fighting capabilities to protect the nation’s strategic advantage in, from, and to space, is nearly impossible without the relentless dedication of its workforce, allies and industry partnerships.“We all know the change never stops, but in the past two to three years SSC has seen a lot,” Garrant said. “We need to continue refining what a field command for an acquisition organization looks like, get after developing our workforce, and focus on delivering capabilities – most importantly, we need clear cut priorities when it comes to o...