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Rep. Rogers Blasts Air Force For Opposing Proposed Space Corps

By Marc Selinger

Monday, July 3rd, 2017

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The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) strategic forces panel sharply criticized Air Force leaders June 22 for resisting his proposal to create a separate space corps within the Air Force Department.“I have to say I’ve been shocked by the response from the Air Force leadership,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said at his subcommittee’s markup of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill. “Did they miss where the Chinese and the Russians have already reorganized space operations? The…

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