Nearly every governor opposes a Pentagon plan to unilaterally shift space-focused Air National Guard units from their purview to the U.S. Space Force. The governors of 48 states and five territories signed on to a letter earlier this week to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressing their opposition to a proposal sent to Congress in

Most U.S. governors have signed a letter opposing the Department of Defense's proposal to move the Air National Guard into the Space Force.

North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota governors signed on to a letter Monday alongside 45 other state governors, as well as five territories and commonwealths, opposing the Biden administration’s move to incorporate Air National Guard service members ...

Only two state governors, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, did not sign on to the letter.

Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space missions to the Space Force a threat to their existence and also said many of those personnel would rather retire or retrain into another job instead.