US EditionTrump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama
The relocation reverses Biden's 2023 decision and aims to save over $400 million, with about 1,700 personnel at the headquarters and significant economic impact expected in Alabama.
- U.S. Space Command will relocate its headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama, as confirmed by President Donald Trump in a televised address from the Oval Office.
- The move is expected to bring approximately 30,000 jobs to Alabama, with Trump crediting local politicians for their lobbying efforts.
- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey highlighted the region's readiness to welcome Space Command, claiming it was prepared since her 2019 pitch.
- Opponents, including Colorado Governor Jared Polis, argued that relocating Space Command will weaken national security and inconvenience military families.
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Trump says Space Command will move to Alabama, after long battle over its HQ
President Trump announced he intends to move U.S. Space Command headquarters to Huntsville, Ala., in an Oval Office announcement on Tuesday.This is not the first time Trump intended to move Space Command to Alabama permanently. During the final days of his first term, he announced his choice over other locations, saying he personally made the decision.Then in 2023, the Biden administration said the move could put military readiness at risk. The …
Why is Trump moving Space Command headquarters to Alabama? Inside the decision - LewRockwell
Writes David Martin See article here. Huntsville, the largest city in Alabama, is now poised to become a central location in operations to expand U.S. military might to the cosmos to compete with rivals like Russia and China. Alabama city population from my 2012 AAA Road Atlas: Birmingham 242,820 Montgomery 201, 568 Mobile, 198,915 Huntsville 158,216 But, amazingly, the article is right. Huntsville is, indeed, now the lar…
Trump Announces Relocation of U.S. Space Command
During a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump announced that U.S. Space Command — one of the Defense Department’s 11 unified combatant commands — would be relocating from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. “I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama,” the president …
President Donald Trump announced that the headquarters of U.S. Space Command will move to Alabama, reversing the Biden administration's decision to keep its headquarters location in Colorado.
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