
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall last week defended the department's proposal to transfer Air National Guard (ANG) units performing space duties to the U.S. Space Force. "Creating an entirely new Space [National] Guard really makes no sense for 575 people," Kendall said in a May 9 interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report podcast. "Keeping them in the Air Guard would be an acceptable outcome, but it's not a preferred outcome." "They really need to be part of…