Kulesi siqephu esingezansi, sicela ukhiphe usuku lokuqala olusemthethweni lwe-United States Space Force.
Context:I-U.S. Space Force isukela ekuqaleni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, nezinhlelo zokuqala zesikhala se-Army Air Forces ezaqala ngo-1945. Ngo-1954, i-Western Development Division, ngaphansi kukaJenene Bernard Schriever, yasungulwa njengenhlangano yokuqala yesikhala ezinikele ngaphakathi kwe-US Armed Forces futhi iyaqhubeka nokuba khona njenge-Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center. Amabutho ezempi emkhathini ahlelwe ngaphansi kwemiyalo emikhulu ye-Air Force ehlukene kuze kube yilapho ehlanganiswa lapho kusungulwa i-Air Force Space Command ngo-1 Septhemba 1982. Amabutho ase-US Space aqala ukuqhuba imisebenzi yokuxhasa ukulwa eMpini yaseVietnam futhi aqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngezokuxhumana nge-satellite, isimo sezulu, nokusekelwa kokuzulazula ngesikhathi seMpi yaseFalklands yango-1982, ukuhlasela kwe-United States eGrenada ngo-1983, ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-United States eLibya ngo-1986, kanye nokuhlasela kwe-United States ePanama ngo-1989. Ukusetshenziswa okukhulu kokuqala kwamabutho asemkhathini kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngeMpi YaseGulf, lapho abonisa khona ukuthi abaluleke kakhulu kubumbano oluholwa yi-U.S. kangangokuthi ngezinye izikhathi kubhekiselwa kuyo ngokuthi "impi yasemkhathini" yokuqala.  Izingxoxo zokuqala zokwakha inkonzo yasemkhathini yezempi zenzeka ngo-1958, futhi yacishe yasungulwa ngo-1982 nguMongameli uRonald Reagan njengengxenye yeStrategic Defense Initiative, kodwa lo mbono waphela ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuhambisana nesivumelwano. I-Space Commission ka-2001 yafakaza ngokusungulwa kwe-Space Corps cishe ngo-2007 kuya ku-2011, kodwa uhulumeni ka-Obama awuzange uthathe sinyathelo. Ngomhlaka-20 Disemba 2019, uMthetho Wezempi Yezikhala wase-United States wasayinwa waba ngumthetho njengengxenye yoMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke, wahlelwa kabusha i-Air Force Space Command nezinye izinto zesikhala zaba yi-United States Space Force, futhi wadala inkonzo yokuqala yezempi entsha ezimele selokhu amabutho ezempi ahlelwa kabusha njenge-US Air Force ngo-1947.
Umthetho we-United States Space Force Act wasayinwa waba ngumthetho njengengxenye yoMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke ngoDisemba 20, 2019. Lesi senzo sahlelwa kabusha i-Air Force Space Command kanye nezinye izakhi zesikhala zaba yi-United States Space Force, futhi sakha ngokusemthethweni insizakalo yokuqala yezempi entsha ezimele selokhu ama-Army Air Forces ahlelwa kabusha njenge-US Air Force ngo-1947.