The split-up in space

Article Abstract:

The US Air Force (USAF) has drifted apart from National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), both at the top and among the rank and file after having controlled it for 44 years. First with the closure of USAF's Space Operations and Integration Office in 2002, the two agencies lost some of their daily operational contact and then on July 26, 2005, one of the Air Force's longest-lived relationships was disrupted when Donald M. Kerr, a Central Intelligence Agency veteran was appointed as new director of the NRO.

Executive changes & profiles, Reconnaissance Satellites, Officials and employees, United States. National Reconnaissance Office

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Near-space

Article Abstract:

Near-space, the US Air Force's operating domain, the region lying below an altitude of about 12 miles from earth, is presently a 'no man's land', as the air is too thin to support flight by most operational military aircraft and the gravity too strong for a satellite to sustain itself in orbit. The Air Force officials, on the contrary, believe that the region could be a key operating area and has launched a key initiative dubbed the Joint Warfighting Space to explore what the area promises.

Organizational history, Space Vehicles, Location, Spacecraft, Spacecraft launching, Space ships

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Toward a new laser era

Article Abstract:

The US Air Force is thinking about laser gunships and other amazing things. The future of laser and directed technology looks promising though the operational weapons are still years away.

Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Ordnance and accessories, not elsewhere classified, Lasers for Military Applicatns, Usage, Technology application, Lasers, Military lasers, Laser guided weapons, Airborne warning and control systems, Laser-guided weapons

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