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Air Force

Pentagon Draft Proposal Puts New Space Force Under Air Force

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, December 20th, 2018

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Pentagon Draft Proposal Puts New Space Force Under Air Force

The Air Force and ULA launch WGS-9 on March 18, 2017 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: ULA.

The Defense Department is planning to push a plan to implement a new Space Force under the umbrella of the Air Force, according to a draft proposal currently working its way through Pentagon leadership.The legislative proposal, which was viewed by Defense Daily on Dec. 20, states that a United States Space Force would be established “as an armed force within the Department of the Air Force,” and lays out details for how the force would be organized, as well as…

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