President Donald Trump signed a directive that ordered the Pentagon to establish US Space Force that would operate as the sixth branch of armed forces within the Air Force.
“The Department of Defense shall take actions under existing authority… to establish a United States Space Force as a sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces within the Department of the Air Force,” the directive stated on Tuesday.
The directive also ordered the Pentagon to develop a legislative proposal that would require congressional approval for the Space Force to be established.