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Defense civilian, military leaders offer views for ensuring U.S. superiority in space
April 11, 2019 — The top echelon of the United States’ civilian and military leadership offered unflinching assurances April 9, that America’s superiority in space will endure even as competition – and the stakes – for primacy intensify... MORE

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein emphasized the importance of allies and partners during a speech April 9, 2019, at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. “We prefer the power of collaboration over coercion” to maintain space dominance, Goldfein said.

Deputy Defense Secretary talks dollars, fiscal sense and space
November 26, 2018 — Space, known as the final frontier, is something the Defense Department would like to explore, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan said... MORE

The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX’s successful launch of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Mission 13 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Dec. 15, 2017. The DOD is working on creating a Space Force in the near future.

Space Force to become sixth branch of Armed Forces
August 10, 2018 — The Department of Defense will establish a sixth branch of the armed forces, the U.S. Department of the Space Force, by 2020, Vice President Mike Pence announced Aug. 9... MORE

Vice President Mike Pence speaks to a Pentagon audience to announce the administration’s plans to stand up a U.S. Space Force and related organizations Aug. 9.