United States Space Force

United States Space Force
Seal of the United States Space Force
Founded	20 December 2019; 4 years ago (2019-12-20) (as an independent service) 1 September 1982 (41 years, 11 months as Air Force Space Command)[1]
Country	United States
Type	Space force
Role	Space warfare
Size	16,000 assigned[2]
Part of	Department of the Air Force
Headquarters	The Pentagon Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.[3]
Anniversaries	20 December
Website	www.spaceforce.mil
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	President Joe Biden
Secretary of Defense	Lloyd Austin
Secretary of the Air Force	Frank Kendall
Chief of Space Operations	General B. Chance Saltzman

The United States Space Force (USSF) is a part of the U.S. Armed Forces. It is focused on war in space. It is the sixth branch of the U.S. military.

It is a part of the Department of the Air Force, one of the three parts of the Department of Defense. Because of this, the Space Force is led by the Secretary of the Air Force, who is under the Secretary of Defense. The leader of the Space Force is called the Chief of Space Operations.

1. ↑ "U.S. Space Force Fact Sheet". Spaceforce.mil. United States Space Force. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
2. ↑ "What's the Space Force". spaceforce.mil.
3. ↑ "Fact Sheet". spaceforce.mil.
4. ↑ "U.S Space Force Facebook Page". Retrieved December 20, 2019.