USSF Replacement Vehicles

USSF Vehicles is the United States Space Force (USSF) procurement line for non-tactical ground vehicles used by Guardians and installation personnel. It appears in appropriation 3022F, Procurement, Space Force, under Budget Activity 03, Ground Vehicular Equipment, and Budget Sub Activity 30, Non-Tactical Vehicles. USSF Headquarters executes the program within the Enterprise Management & Information Technology mission area to improve the readiness and operational reach of existing forces. The fleet supports personnel movement, installation security, cargo transport, and Civil Engineer work at spaceports and control stations, helping sustain the infrastructure on which space missions depend.

For FY 2027, the request procures vehicles for installation and unit mission requirements, including nine additional base maintenance vehicles, two snow removal vehicles, and an intercity bus seating 41 51 passengers compared with the FY 2026 baseline. The justification identifies these additions as necessary to support the operational standup of the U.S. Space Force Honor Guard and its ceremonial duties at Arlington National Cemetery. The aggregated procurement schedule places the FY 2027 purchases across six vehicle categories, reflecting distinct transportation, supply, airfield, and infrastructure-support needs rather than a single type of vehicle.

Passenger Carrying Vehicles move personnel for service and installation requirements. The FY 2027 schedule includes the 41 51-passenger intercity bus identified in the funding justification. The broader category can encompass sedans, law-enforcement sedans, ambulances, and small, transit, large, and work buses. Providing dedicated passenger capacity supports the Honor Guard commitment while preserving the program's wider personnel-transport role.

Cargo and Utility Vehicles carry personnel, equipment, and mission-essential supplies for base operations. FY 2027 purchases comprise two three-quarter-ton, four-wheel-drive crew-cab pickups, a 20-ton low-bed semitrailer, and a 15-passenger crew truck. The category also covers trailers, vans, utility and maintenance trucks, truck tractors, sport utility vehicles, and other facility vehicles. Together, these assets provide the flexible ground transport needed for installation and unit work.

Special Purpose Vehicles provide capabilities not furnished by general-use trucks. The FY 2027 schedule lists a truck-mounted deicer, two 6,000-gallon R-11 fuel trucks, a maintenance truck, a missile crew-cab van, and a maintenance utility crew-cab truck. Across the fleet, this category can also include wreckers, water-distribution vehicles, staircase trucks, and high-reach maintenance trucks. Its requested purchases therefore address specialized servicing, fueling, and maintenance tasks at USSF facilities.

Material Handling Vehicles support base supply and warehouse operations through equipment such as forklifts, container handlers, warehouse tugs, and cranes. The FY 2027 request includes one dedicated forklift truck. That purchase preserves a capability to move and position materials needed by installation customers, complementing the cargo vehicles that transport loads between locations.

Runway Snow Removal and Cleaning Equipment Vehicles help keep operational surfaces usable. For FY 2027, the schedule includes one multipurpose vacuum cleaner and one truck-mounted snowplow. The wider category includes front-mounted brooms and multipurpose blowers. These assets address cleaning and snow removal as separate airfield-support requirements, contributing to reliable installation operations during adverse conditions.

Base Maintenance Support Vehicles equip Civil Engineer and other installation teams to maintain and repair critical infrastructure. FY 2027 purchases include two dump trucks, two rear-hoist material-handling trucks, two D6 fire-dozer trailers, one D6 fire dozer, one wheeled tractor, and three backhoe/loaders. The broader category covers loaders, dozers, backhoes, water-distribution trucks, and heavy construction equipment. These vehicles supply the hauling, earthmoving, and worksite capabilities needed to maintain resilient spaceports and control stations.

Vehicle requirements come from the 441 Vehicle Support Chain Operations Squadron under Air Force Instruction 24-302, Vehicle Management. The Department of the Air Force Priority Buy model supports the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution process by projecting end of life from depreciation and service life, cumulative sustainment cost, and mission priority; its logic can produce year-to-year gaps for individual vehicle types. Unit costs may also vary with purchase quantities, location, user options, inflation, and contract pricing. FY 2025 funding appeared under the passenger-carrying budget subactivity; in FY 2026, the title and subactivity changed to better describe USSF-owned vehicles procured through the 441st squadron. Earlier funding appeared in Air Force Other Procurement lines for the separate vehicle categories. The line also supports the statutory requirement for a full financial audit.