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Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett stated that about 16,000 personnel from Air Force Space Command have been assigned to the U.S. Space Force and that the transition will take about 18 months.
The U.S. Space Force was established within the Department of the Air Force by renaming Air Force Space Command and directing the Department of Defense to form the new branch with existing Air Force resources.
The U.S. Space Force was created as an independent service with Title 10 responsibilities to organize, train, and equip forces to support operations run by U.S. Space Command and other combatant commands.
Congress approved $40,000,000 for U.S. Space Force standup costs in fiscal year 2020, below the $72,400,000 requested by the Trump administration.
The NDAA directs that the Space Development Agency be moved from the oversight of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the U.S. Space Force by 2022.
The intelligence community opposed merging the National Reconnaissance Office with the U.S. Space Force, while some stakeholders support transferring Air Force elements within the NRO that directly support satellite operations to the U.S. Space Force.
Congress directed in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that the Space Development Agency be moved to the U.S. Space Force no later than 2022.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 established a new, independent U.S. Space Force within the Department of the Air Force.
Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to Gen. John “Jay” Raymond as the first chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force on 2020-01-14.
President Donald Trump on 2019-12-20 signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 that created the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the nation’s armed forces.
About 16,000 Air Force personnel who support the five space wings became part of the U.S. Space Force.
The National Defense Authorization Act signed 2019-12-20 created the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.
Renaming Air Force installations as Space Force bases is one of seven recommendations from the Space Force Planning Task Force intended to show visible progress toward establishing the U.S. Space Force.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 creates the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.
The U.S. Space Force plans to rename principal Air Force bases that house space units to match the mission of the base.
The Space Force Planning Task Force is a group of about 40 people led by Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton Crosier that spent eight months preparing for establishment of the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force will continue to rely heavily on the U.S. Air Force to operate and maintain renamed space bases.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center small launch division is preparing to launch nine missions in 2020.
The Trump administration requested $72,400,000 in operations and maintenance funding for the U.S. Space Force.
The $40,000,000 provided for the U.S. Space Force represents a reduction from the $72,400,000 requested by the Trump administration.