Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) te mana nui o te United States Air Force me te "de facto" mana 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, whakarato i nga ope mokowhiti mo te 1983 United States whakaekenga o Grenada
, 1986 United States whakaeke i Libya, me 1989 United States whakaekenga o Panama. 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.