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Air Force Space Command Shifting To Warfighting Operational Mindset

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, March 12th, 2018

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Air Force officials are looking to shift to a warfighting operational mindset in the space domain with the opening of a new coalition center to test capabilities and aggressively pursue simulation opportunities for mission training.Leadership for Air Force Space Command want to move away from viewing space solely as a support unit to better prepare for the possibility of deterring adversaries in future space warfighting operations, according to Maj. Gen. Joseph Guastella, the command’s director of integrated air, space, cyberspace…

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