37 years ago today, Air Force Space Command was established. We are so happy to have been a part of Space history & look forward to the next 37 years & beyond.
@JosephPattonWx Share more thoughts about the executIve branch’s access to info.—response to Pres. Trump speech that may have included “one direction” for #HurricaneDorian impacting Florida ?
@AP President Trump launches the Pentagon's new Space Command _ an effort to better organize and advance the military's vast operations in space.
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Space operators from the 16th and 4th Space Control Squadrons at Peterson Air Force Base are working to change the TACP community’s knowledge of space by developing the first Space Operations Course. https://t.co/8JItXusO0R @PeteAFB @50thSpaceWing@Buckley_AFB@usairforce
And much respect @adamlisberg for mentioning via @npr the issue of “UFOs” when (historically) distinguishing objects seen in the sky, i.e. a drone (noted, re: what happened last week in the Newark sky)
#ChinaTech: The latest released experimental picture shows that cotton seeds carried on the Chang'e-4 probe have sprouted, marking the first biological experiment on the lunar surface #ChangE4
#USSTRATCOM CC encourages @AF_Academy cadets to view space as a professional enterprise:
“Learn how space integrates with air, ground & sea. Ensure you look at your projects from a military & warfighting perspective moving forward.” https://t.co/cZySyUgCj3
.@POTUS: “Just like the air, the land, the sea – space has become a warfighting domain. It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space – we must have American dominance in space.” The time has come to establish the United States #SpaceForce.
Due to “threats posed to satellite security...space (is a) ‘warfighting domain.’” https://t.co/jOphm3vvmB And noted: “There's already an Air Force Space Command and a Space and Missile Defense Center. And the Navy and Army both also boast space-related activities and facilities.”
President Donald J. Trump signed Space Policy Directive – 3, directing the United States to lead the management of traffic and mitigate the effects of debris in space. https://t.co/piTPUyKW1H