As Burt explained, this means conveying how the loss of satellites could ultimately endanger national security and even cost lives: Other major priorities include the development of technologies that can simulate virtual space environments for the sake of training and the creation of a public relations body that can communicate the importance of space-based defense is important. 'The thing we have to keep our eye on the ball is cyber mission system defense and how do we look at defensive space operations because, again, it's a lot easier as an enemy to come at us with a wifi connection and a laptop and try to cyber hack things than it is to go to the harder things like ASATs… I'm worried from the low-end of the spectrum-kinetically, non-kinetically-all the way to the high end… and we're preparing our operators for it.' satellites-like anti-satellite missiles, electronic weapons, and cyberattacks. For the time being, the focus of the USSF is to train its servicemen and women to address possible threats to U.S.

Burt also wants to see this specialization becomes 'in-depth,' where the expertise of specialists extends into the development of specific space-weapons systems. These 86 officers will soon be shipped off to Colorado Springs where they will undergo 'space warfighter follow on' training and select which career track they want to follow. This past April, the new undergraduate space training class at the USAF Academy became the first group of commissioned 2nd Lieutenants with the USSF. I wish it would go faster but it just takes time.' That's how the culture is going to change as well. 'It's going to take 10 years before those individuals are squadron commanders and squadron superintendents. DeAnna Burt, director of Space Force operations and communications at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, said in a recent interview with the Space Force Association (SFA): This is similar to what personnel with the USAF go through, where pilots choose to be air combat pilots, bomber pilots, or heavy lift pilots (supplies and mid-air refueling).Īs Brig. In the near future, the USSF hopes to begin training its own cadres in fields related to space warfare and operations-including orbital warfare, electronic warfare, space battle management, access to space, and sustainment. For this reason, graduates of the Air Force space training school who make the transition from the USAF to the Space Force will have the option of pursuing specialized career tracks from now on. In reality, space warfare is an evolving domain that currently involves space-related assets-like observation and GPS satellites-being targeted in times of war. The term 'space warfare' tends to conjure up many images, most of which are fun but not realistic-aerospace fighters dogfighting in orbit, militarized satellites and spaceships firing directed energy weapons and rail guns, and rayguns that go 'pew, pew, pew!' Until now, the tasks of the USSF have been a bit ambiguous. space infrastructure and protect it from physical, electronic or digital attacks. The immediate aim is to produce personnel who can control U.S. Space Force stated that it will begin training soon to develop their staff's 'space warfighting skills.' This will include training personnel to specialize in orbital warfare, electronic warfare, military strategy, and other activities.

Armies in space warfare