Pence: Space Force Will Be Independent Service by 2020, Include Elite Operators Pence announced plans to invest additional billions of dollars and to stand up a dedicated U.S. combatant command for space.
Meet the 9 Military Officers on NASA's Revolutionary Space Crews The first American astronauts who will fly to and from the ISS from U.S. soil in a decade all served as military officers.
Greenland Air Base Unharmed by Apparent Meteor Explosion Thule Air Base in Greenland is operating normally after reports that a possible meteorite exploded in the air above it.
Congress Fails to Fund Trump's 'Space Force' in Defense Budget Bill A House-Senate conference committee working on the 2019 defense budget left out money to start building the Space Force.
Creation of Trump's 'Space Force' May Take Years, Experts Say The DoD is weighing how to best proceed after Trump announced his intent to create a "space force" as a new military branch.
It's Official: Trump Announces Space Force as 6th Military Branch President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to create a "Space Force" as a new, sixth military branch.
Air Force Issues First Guidance to Troops About Space Force Air Force leaders have broken their silence following President Trump's order to create a new military service branch.
What the Military's New 'Space Force' Could Mean for Spouses No, you probably aren't going to have to PCS to space.
'Space Force' Study to Be Ready by August: DoD Official The Pentagon hopes to deliver a report by August on whether it's feasible to carve out a separate "Space Force" branch.
How Navy Vet Jerry Linenger Survived the Mir Space Station Fire In a clip from "One Strange Rock," the NASA astronaut describes how he survived the 1997 fire on the Russian space station...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...