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Space Force aims for more efficient operations with ‘integrated’ units

Two new "integrated mission deltas" will stand up as early as October.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 months ago

Col. Todd Benson, the U.S. Air Forces Central Command director of space forces, leads airmen through their enlistment ceremony as they become members of the Space Force at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Sept. 1, 2020. The Space Force is the United States' newest service in more than 70 years. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force)

Space Force planning for new component in the Middle East alongside AFCENT

Space Force leaders are hashing out a plan to create a new group under U.S. Central Command to coordinate what military space assets to use in the region.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago