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Pence announces Space Force personnel will be called guardians Gen. Jay Raymond (R), Chief of Space Operations, and CMSgt Roger Towberman (L), with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett present US President Donald Trump with the official flag of the United States Space Force in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on May 15, 2020. (Provided Photo/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via CNN) by: Jason Hoffman and Caroline Kelly, CNN Posted: Dec 19, 2020 / 06:59 AM EST  (CNN) — Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday ...

Space Command thrives in Colorado Springs. It operates in a perfect ecosystem that combines a qualified workforce, proximity to supporting entities, public safety, transportation and community support. A better environment is not possible, no matter how incessantly politicians try to take it from Colorado. To move the command, the Pentagon would abandon billions of dollars in existing assets. It would disrupt this critical operation at a time when we have no time to waste in keeping up with foreign adversaries racing to dominate us militarily in space. If federal officials act irresponsibly a...

Military bases: Kirtland Air Force Base Military population: 3,300 troops, 5,300 civilian employees and contractors Percent of adult population with a bachelor’s degree: 34% Pluses: Albuquerque has military space missions at Kirtland, including the rapid fielding office for satellites and part of the military’s space research arm. Albuquerque also has an outsized population of scientists thanks to the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories, which focus on nuclear energy and atomic weapons. Minuses: While Kirtland has a space mission, it’s not a big one and the population ...

Opinion: Colorado Is Least Risky Space Command Choice Space Command thrives in Colorado Springs, operating in a perfect ecosystem that combines a qualified workforce, proximity to supporting entities, public safety, transportation and community support. by The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) / December 16, 2020 A rendering of a communications satellite in space. Shutterstock/Johan Swanepoel (TNS) — Space Command thrives in  Colorado Springs. It operates in a perfect ecosystem that combines a qualified w...

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has a penchant for grandiose promises that go unfulfilled. So when he announced a plan to establish a Space Force, there was some scepticism. Then-Senator Bill Nelson, ranking member on a Senate committee that deals with aviation and space, disliked the idea of consolidating space programmes from the other military branches, saying at the time that there were "too many important missions at stake" to "rip the Air Force apart." Samuel Corum-Pool/Getty Images Chief Master Sergeant Roger Towberman, Space Force and Command Senior Enlisted Leader and CMSgt Roger...