Mike Pence announced the Space Force as the sixth military branch of the government -- the first new branch since the Air Force was established after World Word II in 1947 -- and made plans to put it together by 2020. Congress will begin to buy up satellites and spend up to eight billion dollars in order to continue to beef up this branch of the government. Said Pence: “Just as we’ve done in ages past, the United States will meet the emerging threats on this new battlefield. The time has come to establish the United States Space Force.”