U.S. SPACE FORCE AND STARFLEET COMMAND LOGOS

Donald Trump announced the formation of a new branch of the United States military, the United States Space Force. A minor controversy arose when Trump tweeted the logo, or insignia, of the new Space Force because it bears similarities to the insignia of Starfleet Command from the T.V. And movie series Star Trek. OK, it seems funny, and that maybe Trump, once again, is a dufus and plagiarist.

Well, I’ll tend to give him a pass on this one. It turns out that there was already a branch of the U.S. Air Force called the Air Force Space Command, formed in 1982 (look it up on Wikipedia). And the logo for the Air Force Space Command was similar to the Starfleet Command logo. All three of these are shown below.

In the military authorization bill signed by Trump in December, 2019, the Air Force Space Command was elevated to a new sixth branch of the military, the U.S. Space Force, that will be responsible for space warfare.  And the Air Force Space Command logo was updated.

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