{"id":25134,"date":"2020-02-23T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/23\/air-force-academy-to-commission-space-force-officers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:41:51","slug":"air-force-academy-to-commission-space-force-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/02\/23\/air-force-academy-to-commission-space-force-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Academy to commission Space Force officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 Graduates from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado are expected to cross-commission into the Space Force this spring, military officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 60 cadets would be commissioned into the new armed service branch, which formed in December with the signing of the $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/premium\/air-force-academy-likely-to-commission-space-force-officers-this\/article_9683506e-534c-11ea-a5c2-4b0bbbf3063d.html\" target=_blank>the Gazette reported.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re doing Air Force Academy curriculum, and they\u2019ll just be directly commissioned into the Space Force,\u201d academy Vice Superintendent Col. 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