The U.S. House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday scaled back a U.S. Air Force proposal that would have allowed it to transfer Colorado Air National Guard members to the Space Force.
Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind's nomination from the White House came last week, less than 18 months into his role leading the service's air commandos, and the Senate is now tasked with confirming him.
The Air Force is promoting a policy shift that effectively goes against more than a hundred years of precedent and is facing significant opposition to it.
The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and U.S. satellites in orbit.