Air Force officials last week activated the 377th Security Forces Group to unify and oversee protection of nuclear weapons, personnel, and facilities at Kirtland AFB, N.M. The unit’s stand up will “not only strengthen nuclear and non-nuclear security, but also triple the leadership of the Air Forces’ largest nuclear security tasking,” said Col. Robert Maness, 377th Air Base Wing commander, as he unfurled the unit colors, Aug. 15. The Air Force also activated the 377th Weapons System Security Squadron and realigned the 377th Security Forces Squadron under the new group, now encompassing more than 600 personnel. Kirtland is home to the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center that ensures the reliability, sustainment, and modernization of USAF’s deterrent arsenal. The 337th SFG first stood up at Ramstein AB, Germany, in 1985, inactivating in May 1991. (Kirtland report by Marie Vanover)
The White House announced its United States Space Priorities Framework in a document released concurrently with Vice President Kamala Harris' first National Space Council meeting. Listed among five U.S. priorities is to “defend its national security interests from the growing scope and scale of space and counterspace threats.”