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The Air Force bypassed Florida's Space Coast in naming the recommended site for the Space Command headquarters.

   By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press New Mexico Democrats say theyre closer than ever to increasing withdrawals from one of the countrys largest endowments to fund education initiatives. Increasing annual payouts from the $20 billion Land Grant Permanent Fund would require voters to approve a constitutional amendment. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says a 1% increase in distributions should be set aside to fund early childhood education. While the withdrawals will decrease future growth of t...

Officials tour possible Space Command site at New Mexico’s Kirtland Air Force Base The Associated Press (Air Force) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Air Force officials have toured the grounds of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque to evaluate the site as a possible location for the U.S. Space Command. Strategic basing officials during the Thursday tour focused primarily on infrastructure at the base to house the Space Command, the latest of 11 unified commands under the U.S. Department of De...

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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... There is excitement in Albuquerque – we are one of only six finalists for the permanent location of Space Command headquarters. This delights me, not just as a New Mexican, but also as an engineer and researcher. I know firsthand that trailblazing research is the foundation to creating knowledge to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Air Force also considering sites in Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, Alabama, Texas

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Air Force officials have toured the grounds of Kirtland Air...

Air Force officials have toured the grounds of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque to evaluate the site as a possible location for the U.S. Space Command.

Exclusive: How the Space Force foiled an Iranian missile attack with a critical early warning Nathan Strout keyboard_arrow_down U.S. soldiers and journalists inspect the rubble at a site of Iranian bombing, in Ain al-Asad air base, Anbar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (Qassim Abdul-Zahra/AP) WASHINGTON — One year ago on the night of Jan. 7, 2020, Americans were shocked to learn that Iran had launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. Iran called it �...

An effective defense must be coupled with deterrence to enhance security Stanley Orman and Maj. Gen. Eugene Fox (ret.) January 8 A first lieutenant with the 321st Missile Squadron missile combat crew prepares to perform a simulated key turn of the Minuteman III weapon system at a missile alert facility in the 90th Missile Wings missile complex of Nebraska on April 11, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano/U.S. Air Force) Few people now will recall when U.S. President Ronald Reagan intro...