Seven years after British hacker Gary McKinnon’s fight against extradition to the United States for uncovering evidence pointing to a covert secret space programme (SSP) was upheld in December 2012, US president Donald Trump (during his first coming to the White House) proudly announced the creation of the country’s first new “armed service” since 1947 through the establishment of the Space Force.

With everything else that was taking place during those “crazy hazy days” in 2019 the landmark event went pretty much unheralded but it must rank as one of the most significant acts of his entire first term in office. The strategy behind its creation, according to Trump, was to help the US deter aggression and control the ultimate high ground, with the new service immediately inheriting all members of the Air Force’s Space Command.

And, the man to oversee this process was former Air Force general John “Jay” Raymond, Space Command’s former chief, who was officially welcomed as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff through his Space Force appointment. A significant elevation for Raymond, I’d suggest, and a clear indication of the importance Space Force had acquired… FULL STORY