Space Force flag unveiled at White House ceremony

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Space News  by Sandra Erwin — May 15, 2020


President Trump on May 15 2020, was presented with the official flag of the U.S. Space Force by Chief of Space Operations
Gen. John Raymond and senior enlisted adviser Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman. Credit: Judd Deere/ White House

The flag is derived from the Space Force seal that Trump approved in January.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on May 15 was presented with the official flag of the U.S. Space Force by Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond and senior enlisted adviser Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman.

In attendance at the Oval Office ceremony were Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and special assistant to the president Keith Kellogg.

According to a White House pool report, Trump cheered  the unfurling of the flag, commenting that space “is going to be the future. … We’re now the leader in space.” He praised DoD officials for “building right now incredible military equipment” including a “super duper” missile.

Esper called the event a “very historic moment.”

Barrett said “very few people realize how important space is to everything that we do, and that it’s vulnerable. … We need to up our game in space.”

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