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U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson will take command of U.S. Space Command on 2020-08-20 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
The Air Force launched an open bidding process in May 2020 to select a permanent location for U.S. Space Command’s headquarters.
U.S. Space Command uses capabilities and personnel provided by all branches of the U.S. military.
U.S. Space Command was first established in 1985 and was disestablished in 2002.
U.S. Space Command has proof that Russia conducted a non-destructive test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon on 2020-07-15.
The Air Force launched an open bidding process in May to select the permanent location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters.
Communities from 26 states submitted bids in the Air Force open bidding process to host the permanent U.S. Space Command headquarters.
The environmental reviews for selecting the U.S. Space Command headquarters could take up to 24 months.
Responses to the open bidding process to host U.S. Space Command headquarters were due 2020-06-30.
Service leaders will visit candidate sites around the country prior to selecting a preferred location for U.S. Space Command headquarters in January 2021.
U.S. Space Command was established in August 2019 as the U.S. military’s 11th unified combatant command.
On 2020-05-15, the Department of the Air Force opened an open bidding process to select the permanent location of U.S. Space Command headquarters.
The Department of the Air Force received nominations from 26 states to host U.S. Space Command headquarters as of 2020-07-05.
The Department of the Air Force did not disclose which 26 states submitted bids to host U.S. Space Command headquarters.
The Department of the Air Force plans to choose a location for U.S. Space Command headquarters in January 2021.
No further selection announcements for the U.S. Space Command headquarters are planned until after candidate selections in mid-late November 2020.
The Senate Armed Services Committee markup of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act allows voluntary transfer of personnel to the Space Force, expanding authority beyond last year’s NDAA that only allowed members of Air Force Space Command to move over.
The SASC markup directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report on the selection process and criteria used to determine the permanent site for U.S. Space Command headquarters.
Maj. Gen. John Shaw is the commander of the Combined Force Space Component of U.S. Space Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
When Congress established the Space Force on 2019-12-20, it renamed the Colorado Springs-based Air Force Space Command the U.S. Space Force.