{"id":1941531,"date":"2023-06-01T03:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-picks-colorado-to-base-new-space-force-units\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T03:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:15:54","slug":"air-force-picks-colorado-to-base-new-space-force-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-picks-colorado-to-base-new-space-force-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado chosen as base for new Space Force units by Air Force."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fair-force-picks-colorado-to-base-new-space-force-units%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S. Space Force Units to be Based in Colorado, Not Alabama<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The U.S. Air Force has decided to base new U.S. Space Force units in Colorado, not Alabama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exciting news for Colorado as the U.S. Air Force has announced that four new units of the U.S. Space Force will be based on bases in the state. This decision is notable as Colorado is currently the temporary headquarters of Space Command, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-orders-investigation-into-alien-holding-facilities-amid-reports-of-poor-conditions\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott orders investigation into alien holding facilities amid reports of poor conditions\">growing questions<\/a> as to whether it will ultimately move to Huntsville, Alabama, where the previous administration selected for its permanent location.<\/p>\n<h3>Factors Considered in the Decision<\/h3>\n<p>The Air Force made the call &#8220;after conducting thorough site surveys which assessed the location\u2019s ability to facilitate the missions and infrastructure capacity while accounting for community support, environmental factors and cost,&#8221; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-rapper-shot-in-his-hometown-dies-of-injuries-at-24\/\" title=\"Louisiana Rapper Shot In His Hometown, Dies Of Injuries At 24\">press release shared<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>While the Biden administration has reportedly considered not moving Space Command\u2019s headquarters to Alabama due to the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-picks-colorado-to-base-new-space-force-units\/\" title=\"Colorado chosen as base for new Space Force units by Air Force.\">strict anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-signs-memorandum-backpedaling-on-president-trumps-abortion-policies\/\" title=\"Joe Biden signs memorandum backpedaling on President Trump\u2019s abortion policies\">abortion laws<\/a><\/a>, officials have denied a connection. A White House official told the Washington Examiner earlier this month that abortion laws or reproductive care access are not factors in the review of the permanent location.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawmakers from Both States Weigh In<\/h3>\n<p>Lawmakers from both Colorado and Alabama have been vocal about their desire to house U.S. Space Command indefinitely. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall earlier this month, requesting the department to preserve all documents related to the selection of a location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) said in a statement on Wednesday, &#8220;Colorado Springs continues to prove itself as the premier location for our nation\u2019s space defense operations. I am pleased to announce that more than 500 personnel from Space Delta 12, Space Delta 15, and the 74th and 75th ISR squadrons will permanently join the 20 current space missions at our five military installations in Colorado Springs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>President Biden&#8217;s Visit to Colorado<\/h3>\n<p>President Joe Biden is set to speak during Thursday\u2019s commencement ceremony at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, while Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) said he\u2019ll be using the president\u2019s visit as another opportunity to urge him to keep Space Command&#8217;s headquarters in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs President Biden and his administration near a final basing decision for Space Command, we urge them to restore the integrity of this process and make a decision in the interest of our national security \u2014 to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs,\u201d his office said in a statement to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>It remains to be seen where the permanent location of U.S. Space Command will be, but for now, Colorado can celebrate the decision to base new U.S. Space Force units in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Air Force chose Colorado over Alabama to base new U.S. Space Force units. Four units will be stationed in Colorado, where Space Command is temporarily headquartered. The decision raises doubts about whether Space Command will relocate to Huntsville, Alabama, as previously planned by the previous administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1941532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6229,6573,15156,6024,4649,5088,10289],"class_list":["post-1941531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-air","tag-base","tag-chosen","tag-colorado","tag-force","tag-space","tag-units"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}