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Tuesday, Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper sent a letter to the U.S. Air Force secretary discussing the decision to move the Space Command Headquarters out of Colorado Springs
Defense Department officials told former President Donald Trump’s administration that setting up Space Command in Colorado would allow for a quicker path to full operations, but they came away with a decision to move the headquarters to Alabama.
However, the inspectors could not verify three of the 21 criteria used in the process, so the service agreed to re-analyze the issues of child care, affordability of housing and access to military and veteran support services before finalizing its decision to build its Space Command HQ at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.
Congressional lawmakers who represent Colorado want President Joe Biden to consider Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when making a final decision about a permanent headquarters for U.S. Space Command.
Coming off a year in which the Colorado Springs Airport had the highest number of enplanements since 2008, Director of Aviation Greg Phillips is looking for an even better year