Air Force leaders say Space Corps proposal would complicate reform efforts

By Courtney Albon / June 21, 2017 at 1:30 PM
The Air Force chief of staff and secretary told reporters Wednesday that while they appreciate the passion behind House lawmakers' proposal to create a separate Space Corps under the service's leadership, the move would complicate and add bureaucracy to a system they are trying to reform. In its mark of fiscal year 2018 defense policy legislation , the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee proposed a new Space Corps that would function as a separate service within the Air Force...

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