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A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 8. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 hypersonic prototype at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the Southern California coast. (Air Force photo by Matt Williams)

May 16, 2022

Air Force conducts successful hypersonic weapon test

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress successfully released an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon off the Southern California coast. The ARRW is designed to enable the U.S. to hold fixed, high-value, time-sensitive targets at risk in contested environments from stand-off distances.

Pararescuemen from various units around the country arrived at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., May 6, 2020, working with 45th Operations Group, Detachment 3 personnel and mission partners in the weeks leading up to the return to human spaceflight. Exercises took place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and off the coast of CCAFS, working on tactics and procedures for astronaut rescue and recovery operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Dalton Williams)

May 11, 2022

First Air Force achieves IOC as 'Air Forces Space' in support of United States Space Command

TYNDALL AFB, Fla. — The Department of Defense designated First Air Force as ‘Air Forces Space’ (AFSPACE), and the fifth service component to U.S. Space Command May 3.

USSPACECOM’S Spring Commander’s Conference

May 10, 2022

USSPACECOM Hosts Spring Commander’s Conference

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Space Command hosted the second iteration of the spring commander’s conference on May 2-5, 2022.

U.S. Space Command Commander travels to the United Kingdom to strengthen space cooperation

May 10, 2022

U.S. Space Command Commander travels to the United Kingdom to strengthen space cooperation

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, visited the United Kingdom, May 8-10, 2022.

U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, middle, presents U.S. Space Force Sgt. Christian McConnell, a Missile Warning Center crew technician for the Combined Force Space Component Command, right, a Joint Service Achievement Medal May 4, 2022, during a ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. McConnell received the medal for his quick thinking and efforts to provide emergency medical assistance to a fellow crewmember who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at on Oct. 19, 2021. (U.S. Space Force photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Wagner)

May 5, 2022

Missile Warning Center Guardian Credited for Saving Life of fellow Crewmember

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — A Guardian was awarded a Joint Service Achievement Medal May 4, 2022, during a ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., for his quick thinking and efforts to provide emergency medical assistance to a fellow crewmember.