The Blueprint: Gen. Saltzman on the Future of the Space Force

In this exclusive episode of the Spacepower Podcast, SFA Founder and host Bill Woolf sits down with U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, for his first and only interview on two landmark documents released today: the Future Operating Environment and the Objective Force.

These aren't talking points. They're the blueprint, the Space Force's clearest public statement yet on where the service is headed, what it's building, and why it matters. And General Saltzman chose to break it down here first.

From force design to future budgets, from allied partnerships to Guardian readiness, this episode goes further than any public statement has gone before, straight from the CSO himself.

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Hosted by Bill Woolf

Produced by Ty Holliday

Guest: General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force As CSO, General Saltzman sets the direction for the entire service, its doctrine, its forces, and its future. The Future Operating Environment and Objective Force represent his vision for what the Space Force must become to meet the demands of the most contested and crucial domain.

Read the Future Operating Environment: https://www.spaceforce.mil/Portals/2/Documents/SAF_2026/Future_Operating_Environment_2040.pdf

Read the Objective Force: https://www.spaceforce.mil/Portals/2/Documents/SAF_2026/OFD_2040_Baseline_Final.pdf

Learn more about the U.S. Space Force: https://www.spaceforce.mil/

See the accompanying blog post: https://ussfa.org/exclusive-cso-objective-force/

Join SFA: https://ussfa.org/

For inquiries: publicaffairs@ussfa.org

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