Top Guns in orbit: US Air Force reveals plan for 'Space Mission Force' to protect America using satellites
Group will utilise existing satellites and weapons to 'operate as warfighters'
Training wilol 'better prepare airmen to operate military satellites'
By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:55 EST, 25 July 2016 | Updated: 19:57 EST, 25 July 2016
They could be a combination of Top Guns and Thunderbirds - protecting the Earth using swarms of smart satellites.
To be called Space Mission Force, the U.S. Air Force Space Command has revealed its plans for a new type of soldier.
The group will utilise existing satellites and weapons to 'operate as warfighters' in orbit.
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