Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) te mana nui o te United States Air Force me te mana "de facto" o te United States Armed Forces mai i te 1982 ki te 2019. I hangaia te Air Force Space Command i te 1 o Hepetema 1982 hei whakakotahi i nga ope mokowhiti o te Air Force, i whakaritea i raro i te Air Force Systems Command, Aerospace Defense Command, me te Strategic Air Command, a ko ia te mea tuatahi ki te United States Space Force, tetahi o nga ratonga hoia e ono i roto i nga United States Armed Forces. Ko te Air Force Space Command te whakahau mokowhiti hōia tuatahi i roto i te US Air Force, e whakarato ana i nga ope mokowhiti mo te 1983
Te whakaekenga a te United States ki Grenada, te whakaeke a te United States ki Libya i te 1986, me te whakaekenga a te United States ki Panama i te 1989. Ko te whakamahinga nui tuatahi o nga ope mokowhiti i tutuki i te Pakanga o te Moana-a-Kiwa, i reira i tino nui ai ki te hononga i arahina e te US, i etahi wa e kiia ana ko te pakanga mokowhiti tuatahi.