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Air Force to Transfer 23 Missions, 1,840 Billets to Space Force

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Air Force to Transfer 23 Missions, 1,840 Billets to Space Force
The chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force displays the service’s uniform nametapes in the Pentagon Jan. 17 in Arlington, Virginia. The Space Force is the sixth branch of service that was established during the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 20, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Barnett)

The Air Force plans to transfer 23 space-related missions to the Space Force, which will cover over 1,800 billets, the service said March 31. The U.S. military’s newest service has had personnel assigned to it since its formal establishment last December, and those personnel were comprised primarily of units that previously were assigned to the former Air Force Space Command. Now, these 23 missions are expected to officially transfer into the Space Force within the next three to six months,…

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