
Most members of the Senate Armed Services Committee sounded skeptical of the Pentagon’s proposal to create a new Space Force under the Air Force during a hearing Thursday. While Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Commander of U.S. Strategic Command Air Force Gen. John Hyten tried to address lawmaker’s concerns, many members questioned the wisdom of creating a sixth branch of…