Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

Sept. 12, 2023
Pacific Air Forces commander releases PACAF Strategy 2030: Evolving Airpower

In lockstep with the 2022 National Defense Strategy, PACAF Strategy 2030 provides Airmen with strategic priorities to defend the homeland, deter aggression, and reinforce allies and partners in the complex and ever-changing Indo-Pacific strategic environment.
Aug. 4, 2023
Space Plays Larger Role in U.S. Southern Command's Mission

An increasing interest in space by partner nations in South America may prove beneficial to the U.S. Southern Command mission there, its commander said.
July 6, 2023
Spacecom General Wants Satellites With Sustained Maneuverability

In the next four to five years, operations by the Defense Department in the space domain will likely be transformed, the U.S. Space Command deputy commander said.
May 3, 2023
Control, Cooperation, Classification Remain Focuses of DOD's Space Policy

The assistant secretary of defense for space policy told senators that his office is laser focused on three priorities: space control, space cooperation and space classification.
March 15, 2023
Space Force Focuses on Partnerships, Spirit, Combat Readiness

The Space Force's $30 billion budget request for fiscal year 2024 is about $3.9 billion over what was enacted for the service in fiscal 2023.
March 1, 2023
Allies, Partners Central to U.S. Integrated Deterrence Effort

Within the 2022 National Defense Strategy, integrated deterrence — including increased partnerships with allies and partners — plays a central role to defending against both the acute and strategic threats posed by China and Russia.
Jan. 21, 2023
Yokota AB aids Space Systems Command in historic US-Japan space partnership

The 374th Mission Support Group and 730th Air Mobility Squadron assisted the USSF Space Systems Command to deliver the first of two payloads on Japan’s Geo-based Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, Jan. 17.
Dec. 16, 2022
DOD Official: Norms Must be Established in Space

The United Nations approved a resolution calling on nations not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent antisatellite missile tests. The United States agreed to the resolution, while China and Russia were among just nine countries that voted against it.
Nov. 17, 2022
US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition

“Fights on” loudly echos across the battlespace kicking off exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, during the first day of an eleven-day exercise.
Nov. 2, 2022
Austin Says Space Force Ensures U.S. Maintains Space Preeminence

Space systems must be ever-more resilient and there must be a relentless pursuit of innovation and technological advancements that will help the Defense Department maintain and expand its edge, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.

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