Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva ye1960s ne1970s, mauto eAir Force space akarongwa mukati meAerospace Defense Command yekudzivirira missile uye nzvimbo yekutarisa mauto, Strategic Air Command yemamiriro ekunze ekutsvaga satellites, uye Air Force Systems Command yekutaurirana kwema satellite, nzvimbo yekuburitsa, uye nzvimbo yekuvandudza masisitimu. Muna 1982, U.S. Air Force space forces yakaiswa muAir Force Space Command, yakatanga kutungamira kuU.S. Space Force. Mauto okudenga eU.S. akatanga kushandiswa muHondo yeVietnam, uye akapfuurira kugovera kukurukurirana kwesatellite, mamiriro okunze, uye kutsigira kufamba munguva yeHondo yeFalklands, 1983
Kupinda kweUnited States muGrenada, kubhomba kweUnited States muLibya muna 1986, uye kupinda kweUnited States muPanama muna 1989. Kushandiswa kukuru kwokutanga kwemauto okudenga kwakaguma muHondo yeGulf, uko kwakaratidza kuva kunokosha zvikuru kusangano rinotungamirirwa neUnited States, zvokuti pane dzimwe nguva kunonzi hondo yokutanga yokudenga. Kurukurirano dzokutanga dzokusika basa renzvimbo yechiuto muUnited States dzakaitika muna 1958, nepfungwa yakashorwa naPurezidhendi Reagan muna 1982. 2001 Space Commission yakatsigira kusikwa kweSpace Corps pakati pa2007 na2011 uye chikumbiro chemapato maviri muUS Congress chaizogadzira Space Corps muna 2017. Musi wa 20 Zvita 2019, United States Space Force Act, chikamu cheNational Defense Authorization Act ya2020, yakasainwa, ichigadzira yakazvimiririra nzvimbo sevhisi nekutumidza zita uye kurongazve Air Force Space Command muUnited States Space Force.