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United States Space Force

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The United States Space Force is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces, established on December 20, 2019 as one of the six armed forces and one of the eight uniformed services operating under the Department of Defense. It traces its lineage to military space programs developed by the Air Force, Army and Navy during the Cold War, and currently operates as part of the Department of the Air Force alongside the Air Force as a coequal service, an arrangement intended as temporary ahead of a planned fully independent Department of the Space Force.

Facts
Agency Type
Government agency (military space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces) 1
Founded Year
2019 1
Headquarters
The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States 1
Head
Gen. Douglas Schiess (Chief of Space Operations) 1
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1. Wikipedia: United States Space Force
Wikipedia
  • Wikipedia lead sentence
    was established on 20 December 2019
  • Wikipedia infobox, garrison field
    garrison = The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. | garrison_label = Headquarters
  • Wikipedia infobox, commander4 field
    commander4 = Gen Douglas Schiess | commander4_label = Chief of Space Operations
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