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First ‘Standalone’ Space Force Budget Coming in FY ‘22

First ‘Standalone’ Space Force Budget Coming in FY ‘22
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David Thompson, Vice Commander of Air Force Space Command, engages with industry partners in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 17, 2018. Thompson addressed a wide array of topics at a breakfast event hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association at the 34h Space Symposium. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dave Grim)

The first budget crafted and developed by personnel assigned to the U.S. Space Force will be included in the fiscal year 2022 budget request, the service’s number-two officer said April 23. While the budget submitted in the FY ’21 request was technically the first for the new Space Force, most of the work was conducted by the Air Force ahead of the service’s establishment and then converted to a separate budget line ahead of the document’s submission, said Lt. Gen.…

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