Author: James Trotter
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Space Force: A timeline of change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The relationship between Space Command and Colorado Springs dates back 36 years. Here’s a look at what came before President’s Donald’s Trump’s call for a new space force: July 26, 1947: President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act, creating the Department of the…
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Space Force: Last service split was like messy divorce
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not since the creation of the Air Force in 1947 has the Pentagon been tasked with forming an “equal but separate” branch of the military. While creating an independent Air Force seemed a natural evolution after World War II, it was not without its challenges.…