“We’re going to have the Air Force, and we’re going to have the Space Force, separate but equal. …we must have American dominance in space.”
– Donald Trump, U. S. President, June 19, 2018, speaking to National Space Council at White House
“My new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a war-fighting
domain, just like the land, air and sea. …Very soon we’re going to Mars.”
– Donald Trump, U. S. President, March 13, 2018, speaking to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif.
June 19, 2018 Washington, D. C. – President Donald Trump on June 18, 2018, ordered the Pentagon to establish a new Space Force military branch that will “be separate but equal” to the U. S. Air Force. He asked Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joseph Dunford to do what is necessary to create the Space Force, which will require an act of Congress.
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