US Air Force Starts Detailed Planning for Space Force Set Up – Chief of Staff:

US President Donald Trump will sign a directive later on Tuesday to establish the Space Force within the Department of the Air Force.


Goldfein also noted that from a war-fighting perspective, the most important step is to promptly establish US Space Command as a combatant command.

His remarks come after on December 18, Trump issued a memorandum for then-Secretary of Defence James Mattis ordering the Pentagon to establish a US Space Command as a unified combatant command.

US Vice President Mike Pence said last year that the Space Command would integrate space capabilities across all branches of the military. He added that the administration was working with leaders of both parties in Congress to stand up the Space Force before the end of 2020.