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Former Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett recommended on 2021-01-13 that the Air Force relocate U.S. Space Command from Peterson Air Force Base to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
U.S. Space Command was established in August 2019 as the military’s 11th unified combatant command.
Lawmakers contend that former Air Force Secretary Barrett was influenced by the Trump administration to recommend relocating U.S. Space Command to Alabama.
The inspector general will review the basis for selecting Huntsville, Alabama as the preferred permanent location for U.S. Space Command headquarters.
The Defense Department’s inspector general will begin a probe into how the Air Force decided to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.
The other candidates for U.S. Space Command headquarters included Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; and Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
Lawmakers allege that the Air Force was going to propose that U.S. Space Command remain at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs.
The future U.S. Space Command headquarters will have approximately 1,400 military and civilian personnel.
Redstone Arsenal was one of six finalists announced by the Air Force for the new location of U.S. Space Command in November.
LinQuest received a $9,200,000 contract from U.S. Space Command in 2019 to help with the command’s standup.
LinQuest received a $14,000,000 follow-on contract from U.S. Space Command in 2020.
U.S. Space Command provides satellite-based communications, navigation, surveillance, and weather services to U.S. military and allied forces operating on land, at sea, in the air, and in cyberspace.
The Washington Space Business Roundtable will present 'US Space Command: Successes, Challenges and How the Commercial Space Industry Can Play Its Part in Advancing Its Critical Mission' on Wednesday, 2021-02-17 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. EST.
U.S. Space Command was first established in 1985 and deactivated in 2002 when space operations were moved under U.S. Strategic Command.
U.S. Space Command works with allied nations and private companies to obtain intelligence about activities in orbit.
U.S. Space Command was first established in 1985 and deactivated in 2002 when space operations moved under U.S. Strategic Command.
The U.S. Space Force was created to train and equip forces that are assigned to U.S. Space Command.
U.S. Space Command plans to build closer ties with other U.S. government agencies and the commercial space industry.
Hyten was a former commander of U.S. Strategic Command and Air Force Space Command.
Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) raised the Trump administration’s decision to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama and requested that Lloyd Austin take a close look at how the decision was made.