The U.S. Space Force is the first new U.S. military service created since the U.S. Air Force was established in 1947.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent, reputable sources (NPR, ABC News, Cato Institute, others) consistently confirm this claim with no contradicting evidence found.
Sources
- Secretary of Defense Speech at RAND (As Delivered) (defense.gov)
- https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/space-force-ahead-its-time-or-dreadfully-premature (cato.org)
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-21/donald-trump-officially-launches-space-force/11821384 (abc.net.au)
- https://www.npr.org/2019/12/21/790492010/trump-created-the-space-force-heres-what-it-will-do (npr.org)