National Security

Pence Announces Creation of Space Force Branch by 2020

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The vice president said the new military branch will be pursuing “American dominance in space.”

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Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced plans to establish a “Space Force” by 2020, which would be the sixth branch of the military and the first new defense branch since the Air Force was created in 1947.

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