DOD activates US Northern Command, a new unified command to be led by USAF Gen. Ralph Eberhart, who also remains commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. NORTHCOM includes elements of all the US armed services and assumes responsibility for the military protection of North America.
The Space Force plans to add three new intelligence squadrons in the next two years, said Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, commander of the service’s Space Operations Command. The additions would double the number of squadrons in Space Delta 7, whose intel Guardians already work on missile warning and defense,…