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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a new satellite group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. China says it launched the rocket Tuesday carrying a constellation of a reported 18 satellites as part of efforts to assert its presence in space. (Zheng Bin/Xinhua via AP)

China adds hundreds of satellites for use in war; Russia building nuke to destroy enemies’ assets

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A soldier wears a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021. The U.S. Air Force's combat wings will be turned into “units of action” designed to better fight a war with China, under a major reorganization of the service and its new sub-service, the Space Force, announced by senior service leaders this week. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Air Force, Space Force unveil major retooling to confront a rising China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Veterans to help military recruiting illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Veterans: All hands on deck to remedy dire military recruiting situation

By Tom Jurkowsky

U.S. Space Force's Defense Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Don’t blow up Space Force’s reliability standards

By Nick Lampson

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. The U.S. Air Force abruptly changed its procedures to select a permanent headquarters for the U.S. Space Command during the election year of 2020, which led to it choosing heavily Republican Alabama over Democrat-dominated Colorado after a White House meeting, according to a report from the General Accounting Office that was made public Thursday, June 2, 2022. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Space Force urgently needs counterspace weapons to deter war with China, new study finds

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt is sworn into the U.S. Space Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Closely monitoring the event are a pair of Storm Troopers, the ruthless infantry soldiers of the Empire along with a member of the dreaded Red Guard, Emperor Palpatine's personal security detail. (Courtesy of the Department of Defense) **FILE**

Lawmakers demand answers about Space Force general’s LGBTQ speech

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People wait in their cars outside the main gate of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during a lockdown Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Dayton, Ohio. The base was put on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter but was later given the all clear. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Home to Glenn, Armstrong and Wrights perfect spot for Space Command HQ, Ohio lawmakers tell Biden

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

U.S. Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces to examine United States Space Force programs in review of the Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Authorization Request, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

China, Russia deploying space weapons to attack U.S. satellites, warns Space Force chief

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Lt. Gen. Bradley Saltzman answers a question during a Senate Armed Services hearing to examine his nomination to be general and Chief of Space Operations, Department of Defense on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Space Force nominee warns Chinese weapons can destroy U.S. satellites

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Sens. Rubio, Feinstein introduce bill to create Space National Guard

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Friday, May 13, 2011, file photo, soldiers of 1AD attend a color casing ceremony of the First Armored Division at the U.S. Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. Germany's Defense Ministry says U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in his first conversation with her since taking up his new post that Germany is highly valued as a station for American soldiers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Twenty-year terror war leaves U.S. military struggling to meet new challenges

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier’s abrupt dismissal earlier this month, which is now being investigated by the Air Force’s own inspector general, is providing Exhibit A for those with questions of whether political correctness, “critical race theory” and anti-conservative biases are finding a home at the Pentagon. (U.S. Air Force photograph)

Matthew Lohmeier, dismissed Space Force officer, finds ally in James Inhofe, Mike Rogers

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Space Force firing case proves touchstone for raging debate over conservatives and the military

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Space Force, the first new U.S. military service since the creation of the Air Force in 1947, now has some 20 members stationed at Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

James Inhofe, Mike Rogers question Matthew Lohmeier firing from Space Force

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House tries to clean up after scoffing at Space Force question

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Space Force, the first new U.S. military service since the creation of the Air Force in 1947, now has some 20 members stationed at Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Space Force has full support of Biden administration: White House

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 15, 2020 file photo, Chief of Space Operations at United States Space Force Gen. John Raymond, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, right, hold the U.S. Space Force flag as President Donald Trump walks past it, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. On Sept. 1, 2020, Space Force, the first new U.S. military service since the creation of the Air Force in 1947 swore in some 20 members stationed at the Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar in its first foreign deployment. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Joe Biden pressured to scrap Space Force

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Governor pitches Ohio air base as Space Force headquarters

Associated Press

A screen shot from the first commercial of Space Force command.

First U.S. Space Force commercial released: ‘Maybe your purpose isn’t on this planet’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Air Force Academy to commission Space Force officers

Associated Press