Space

THE ISSUE: The Department of the Air Force is pushing forward a legislative proposal (LP480) in the Senate which seeks to forcibly transfer Air National Guard units performing space missions into the U.S. Space Force without consent of respective governors. We made considerable progress against LP480 in the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act, but our focus must now shift to the Senate version. With all 55 of the nation’s governors behind us, now is the time to make your voice heard.

Washington Report

April 30, 2024

NGB Chief: There's 'Big Concern' About Air Force's Space Plans

The chief of the National Guard Bureau says the nation's governors have a "big concern" about the Air Force's proposed plan for the Guard's space personnel.

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Washington Report

April 30, 2024

53 Governors Sign Letter Opposing Air Force Proposal

Fifty-three governors told Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Monday that the Air Force's scheme to take National Guard units without gubernatorial approval would "deeply damage the relationship between states and the federal government."

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Washington Report

April 23, 2024

Council of Governors: Retract Air Force's Space Proposal

A bipartisan group of 10 state governors is urging the Department of the Air Force to retract Legislative Proposal 480, its plan to transfer the Air National Guard's space units to the Space Force.

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News

April 23, 2024

A Fight Worth Our Time

A prominent member of Congress told a reporter April 17 that NGAUS should not "waste their time" fighting a legislative proposal from the Department of the Air Force to transfer the Air National Guard's space units to the Space Force.

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News

April 17, 2024

Air Force Legislative Proposal is an Existential Threat to the National Guard

The NGAUS concern is the dangerous precedent the proposal would set by bypassing the requirement in federal law to obtain the consent of the affected governors before transferring Air National Guard space units in seven states to the Space Force.

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Washington Report

April 16, 2024

NGB Chief: 'We Can’t Afford to Lose' Guard Space Capabilities

The chief of the National Guard Bureau says the nation cannot afford to move the Guard’s space units into the Space Force.

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Press Release

April 12, 2024

NGAUS: Air Force Fails to Tell Full National Guard Space Story

WASHINGTON (April 12, 2024) — Retired Maj. Gen. Frank M. McGinn, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s remarks to reporters Wednesday.

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Press Release

April 11, 2024

NGAUS Applauds Another Co-sponsor of Bill to Create a Space National Guard

WASHINGTON (April 11, 2024) — The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers today applauded Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., for recently co-sponsoring Senate legislation to create a Space National Guard.

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News

April 10, 2024

Air Force Shouldn’t Bypass the Law, Not Even Once

It seems that Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall believes his service should be allowed to skirt federal law if he promises to do it only once.

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Washington Report

April 09, 2024

Governors Call for End of Air Force Space Proposal

The leaders of the National Governors Association today called for the withdrawal of the Department of the Air Force’s legislative proposal to transfer the Air National Guard's space units to the Space Force.

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Washington Report

April 09, 2024

Guard Leads Space Exercise With NATO Partners

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — About 50 members of the Air National Guard and the Romanian and Polish Armed Forces focused on space as a warfighting domain during exercise Vulcan Guard Bolt 6 at NATO’s Allied Air Command in late March.

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