Space Force

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday fired the commander of a Space Force base in Greenland hours after a report that she had sent an email to the entire base criticizing Vice President JD Vance after his visit there last month.

President-elect Donald Trump recently announced the appointment of Space Force veteran and former fighter pilot Matthew Lohmeier as Air Force under secretary the same day Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin left the building for the last time.

Elon Musk has vowed to take legal action against the California Coastal Commission after the agency cited his political statements and support for Donald Trump when denying a request for SpaceX launches from the state’s central coast.

The California Coastal Commission has denied Space Force plans for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch crucial satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base because the governmental body doesn’t like Musk’s politics. One commissioner claimed SpaceX should not be allowed to support the American military’s work in space because Musk has “aggressively injected himself into the presidential race.”

Israel shot down a ballistic missile in outer space with its Arrow defence system, which is being called the first space battle.

United States Space Force Commander Gen. Chance Saltzman said that collaborating on space exploration with China would reduce tensions.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) is demanding that Air Force leaders provide answers on President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Space Command headquarters’ planned move to Alabama in what Republicans — and some Democrats — call a political decision.

On June 23, members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee added a new giveaway to Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company, to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Agreement (NDAA), despite opposition by the U.S. Air Force.

The Ron DeSantis campaign slammed a Space Force lieutenant general who admitted that she discriminated against qualified service members for military assignments if she believed they or their family would not be “safe” being stationed in a state with “anti-LGBTQ” laws, such as in Florida.

Chinese state media on Monday announced that a “reusable experimental spacecraft” landed at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on schedule, a “milestone” in China’s effort to explore the “peaceful use of space.”

The Biden administration recently changed rocket procurement rules for Phase 3 of the National Security Space Launch System — the program the United States government uses to launch payloads into space — in a way that may provide significant financial benefits to Blue Origin and its founder, Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos.

Florida residents were confused Saturday when they heard sonic booms ring out in the dark skies.

McFarland granted a preliminary injunction against the punishment of airmen seeking religious exemption from the vaccine mandate.

U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond said, despite his initial doubts, the creation of the Space Force — which happened under the Trump administration — was the right decision.

A court on Thursday prohibited the Air Force from enforcing the vaccine mandate against airmen who have filed for religious exemptions.

The Air Force on Wednesday tweeted out a graphic with “#CELEBRATEPRIDE” and a female airman saluting with rainbow colors on her hand.

Space Force has confirmed the discovery of the first-known interstellar meteor, which rocketed to Earth off the New Guinean Coast in 2014.

2021 was a year of mounting apprehension about the next great power conflict – perhaps triggered by a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, or a Russian invasion of Ukraine – coupled with uncertainty about what the “next war” will look like. 

Rogers on Wednesday at a top think tank in Washington said he fears that China has “leapfrogged” ahead of the United States in certain areas.

Former President Donald Trump mocked Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki,calling her “the press secretary with the extremely red hair.” Trump recalled when Psaki dismissed a question about Space Force, the branch of the military created during his administration.

Congressman Dan Crenshaw said he will soon begin rolling out examples of woke ideology spreading in the United States military.

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, the committee that oversees the United States military, issued a statement over the weekend in support of Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who was relieved of his command at Space Force after warning about Marxism spreading in the military.

Two dozen Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), are calling on the acting Air Force secretary to reinstate the Air Force lieutenant colonel who was fired from his job at Space Force after warning Marxism was spreading within the military.

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) said he is greatly concerned by numerous press reports of conservatives being silenced in the military.

A United States Air Force lieutenant colonel was fired from his command at Space Force after he gave interviews about his new book in which he said Marxism and critical race theory are spreading in the military.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki reaffirmed President Joe Biden’s respect for Space Force on Wednesday, after snubbing the military branch in a press briefing Tuesday.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki walked back her snub of Space Force on Tuesday but did not apologize.

“Wow, Space Force. It’s the plane of today,” she replied wryly. “It is an interesting question.”

The milestones President Donald Trump made in U.S. space exploration will no doubt last light-years after he leaves office.

Despite a challenging year, there were key victories for the president and his supporters felt particularly vindicated about their decision to vote for him.

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn asked on Friday if he could sue the “dork” Vice President Mike Pence following the announcement that uniformed members of the U.S. Space Force will be called “Guardians.”

Vice-president Mike Pence announced Friday that “Guardians” has been chosen as the name for members of the United States Space Force.

The chances of extraterrestrial life are high and while an Israeli defense expert who last week claimed aliens have formed a “Galactic Federation” with humans and President Donald Trump knows about it may have taken things too far, he shouldn’t be dismissed entirely, the head of Israel’s space agency told The Times of Israel.

Retired Israeli general and space security chief Haim Eshed said during an interview with Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot last week that extraterrestrials have been in contact with the governments of the United States and Israel for years.

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his backing to what is being touted as the biggest investment program in the country’s armed forces since the end of the Cold War three decades ago.

President Donald Trump has had one of the most consequential first terms of any president in American history.