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01/09/2026

Flying onboard Vulcan will be two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites, the seventh and eighth in the constellation, which observe and track objects and activity in orbit.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/ula-vulcan-second-space-force-launch-set/

01/09/2026

The services didn’t indicate who will be leading each portfolio and didn’t offer a timeline for when they will roll out additional PAEs.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-space-force-acquisition-portfolios-reforms/

01/09/2026

The 191 planes delivered in 2025 tops the previous highs, 142 aircraft in 2021 and 110 jets in 2024.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-35-deliveries-soared-to-new-record-in-2025/

01/09/2026

“In a timeline of just weeks, members of the 509th and 131st Bomb Wings turned strategic planning of an unprecedented operation into global ex*****on." —Air Force Historical Foundation
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-historical-foundation-midnight-hammer-units-awards/
Air Force Historical Foundation

01/08/2026

The moves change the plan the service announced in September 2025, which introduced twice-yearly tests and made it mandatory for Airmen to complete a two-mile run during at least one of those tests.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-new-pt-test-2-mile-run-july/

01/08/2026

Neither the Air Force nor U.S. Southern Command would comment on operational movements and activities, so the RQ-170’s participation in Operation Absolute Resolve remains officially unconfirmed.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/what-to-know-rq-170-drone-venezuela-stealthy-isr/

01/07/2026

The photos, taken by Air Forces Southern, show U.S. Air Force F-22s and F-35As, as well as Marine Corps F-35Bs, taxiing and parking in the early hours of Jan. 3, “following military actions in Venezuela."
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/photos-air-force-fighters-land-venezuela-raid/

01/07/2026

Claims that the Space Force is divided or somehow failing to promote acquisition specialists into leadership roles ignore progress made in the past six years.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/operations-and-acquisition-the-space-force-has-it-right/
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

01/07/2026

Promotion rates for Air Force senior noncommissioned officers have held steady or climbed in recent years, while mid-grade NCOs saw plunging rates in 2022 and 2023 followed by modest recoveries in 2024.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-chief-master-sergeant-promotions-2025/

01/06/2026

“This is exactly what we aspired to in the early 2000s when we built this commercial launch strategy that we’re seeing play out."
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/vandenberg-launch-pads-super-heavy-expansion/

01/06/2026

The investigation found that the maintenance chief did not follow standard procedure which is to use the portable maintenance aid, or PMA, to retract the CRL, which would have allowed the chief to clearly observe the right side of the aircraft.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/procedural-failures-poor-supervision-f-22-maintainer-death/

01/06/2026

On Jan. 4, a dozen U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors departed Puerto Rico, where they had landed following their participation in Operation Absolute Resolve. Other U.S. Air Force assets remain in the region, including F-35A fighters from the Vermont Air National Guard.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-22s-leave-caribbean-future-venezuela-strategy/

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