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 The '''United States Space Force''' ('''USSF''') is the [[United States Armed Forces]]' [[space force|space service]] and one of the eight [[uniformed services of the United States]]. It is one of two [[List of space forces, units, and formations#Independent space forces|independent space forces]] in the world.<ref name="spaceforce.mil">{{Cite web | url=https://www.spaceforce.mil/Portals/2/Documents/SF101/ussf_101_glossy_FINAL_e-version.pdf | title=Space Force 101 | website=www.spaceforce.mil}}</ref>
-The United States Space Force traces its origins to the Air Force, Army, and Navy's military space programs created during the beginning of the [[Cold War]]. US military space forces first participated in combat operations during the [[Vietnam War]] and have participated in every U.S. military operation since, most notably in the [[Persian Gulf War]], which has been referred to as the "first space war." The [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] and creation of [[Air Force Space Command]] in the 1980s marked a renaissance for military space operations.
+The United States Space Force traces its origins to the Air Force, Army, and Navy's military space programs created during the beginning of the [[Cold War]]. US military space forces first participated in combat operations during the Vietnam War and have participated in every U.S. military operation since, most notably in the [[Persian Gulf War]], which has been referred to as the "first space war." The [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] and creation of [[Air Force Space Command]] in the 1980s marked a renaissance for military space operations.
 Proposals for a U.S. Space Force were first seriously considered during the [[Reagan Administration]] as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Congress began exploring establishing a Space Corps or Space Force in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The idea of establishing a Space Force was resurrected in the late 2010s in response to Russian and Chinese military space developments, resulting in the Space Force's establishment on 20 December 2019 during the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]].
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 [[File:STS-44 DSP deployment.jpg|thumb|Air Force [[Defense Support Program]] deployment from the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] on the [[STS-44]] mission in 1991]]
-Space forces were first used in combat operations during the [[Vietnam War]], with Air Force weather and communications spacecraft supporting ground, sea, and air operations.{{sfn|Spires|1998}} During [[Operation Urgent Fury]] in Grenada, satellite communications were used to conduct command and control for the first time, while [[Operation El Dorado Canyon]] and [[Operation Just Cause]] marked the first time that major U.S. forces incorporated information from space-based intelligence systems.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA329263.pdf | title=After the Gulf War: Balancing Spacepower's Development | first=Frank | last=Gallegos | website=apps.dtic.mil}}</ref>
+Space forces were first used in combat operations during the Vietnam War, with Air Force weather and communications spacecraft supporting ground, sea, and air operations.{{sfn|Spires|1998}} During [[Operation Urgent Fury]] in Grenada, satellite communications were used to conduct command and control for the first time, while [[Operation El Dorado Canyon]] and [[Operation Just Cause]] marked the first time that major U.S. forces incorporated information from space-based intelligence systems.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA329263.pdf | title=After the Gulf War: Balancing Spacepower's Development | first=Frank | last=Gallegos | website=apps.dtic.mil}}</ref>
 The [[Persian Gulf War]] marked the first time that military space forces were unleashed to their fullest extent. Over sixty spacecraft provided 90% of [[military communications|theater communications]] and [[command and control]] for a [[Coalition of the Gulf War|multinational army]] of 500,000 troops, [[Military meteorology|weather support]] for commanders and mission planners, [[missile warning]] of Iraqi [[Scud missile]] launches, and satellite navigation for air and land forces moving across a featureless desert.{{sfn|Spires|1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/01/2001329745/-1/-1/0/AFD-101001-060.pdf |title=The US Air Force in Space - 1945 to the 21st Century |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221193008/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/01/2001329745/-1/-1/0/AFD-101001-060.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The decisive role that space forces played directly enabled an overwhelming Coalition victory and led to the Persian Gulf War being coined "the first Space War."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.army.mil/article/161173/smdc_history_25_years_since_first_space_war | title=SMDC History: 25 years since first 'Space War' | date=20 January 2016 | access-date=20 November 2021 | archive-date=20 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120164358/https://www.army.mil/article/161173/smdc_history_25_years_since_first_space_war | url-status=live }}</ref>