however, trump's then defense secretary james mattis and air force secretary heather wilson think it is a bad idea because it is "complex" and will override the air force's job. many us senators stated they would rather create a space corps inside the air force. the air force has had a "space command" since september 1, 1982. general john w. raymond is nominated to be commander of space command in april 2019. his nomination will be heard in united state senate in june 2019. he was previously head of u.s. air force space command.