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Space Command general tells lawmakers Alabama lacks communications capabilities he needs
U.S. Space Command’s top general admitted to a congressional committee that an expensive secure communications network to connect the headquarters to the Pentagon and other installations would have to be built if it moves from Colorado to Huntsville, Ala. While backing the planned move, Space Command’s Gen. James Dickinson, under furious questioning from Colorado Springs…
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Space Command general gets questions on Alabama move, but has few answers for senators
The general atop U.S. Space Command told federal lawmakers Tuesday that he doesn’t know how much it would cost to uproot his headquarters to Alabama or how many of the command’s civilian workers — two-thirds of his staff — would follow it south. During a Senate hearing, Gen. James Dickinson said the command now plans…
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Space Command’s home will be decided by Congress, Lamborn says
When former President Donald Trump awarded the permanent basing of U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama, where he had some of his highest approval ratings, in his final week in office, he yanked the command from front-runner Colorado Springs. In so doing, he triggered a pair of government investigations that lawmakers say could ultimately doom…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama move as too costly and motivated by politics, Suthers was…
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F-22 pilot picked as next Air Force Academy commandant
A fighter pilot now serving as a top operations officer at U.S. Northern Command will be the Air Force Academy’s next commandant of cadets, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Brig Gen. Paul Moga, who flew the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighter and has 250 hours in aerial combat under his belt, will replace Maj. Gen.…
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Democrats add heft to effort to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs
With U.S. Space Command in the balance, a lawmaker perennially voted as the most conservative member of Congress is turning left for help. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn isn’t switching parties, but the decision in the final days of the Trump administration to move the command and its 1,400 troops to Alabama has been compounded by…
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Space Command belongs here in Colorado Springs: State leaders make closing argument
Amid the hue and cry over where U.S. Space Command will be permanently housed, one set of voices has been conspicuously absent: the troops who serve in the headquarters no matter where it calls home. Members of the military are carefully taught to stay quiet about government decisions. America’s long history of civilian leadership over…
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Space Command belongs here in Colorado Springs: State leaders make closing argument
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amid the hue and cry over where U.S. Space Command will be permanently housed, one set of voices has been conspicuously absent: the troops who serve in the headquarters no matter where it calls home. Members of the military are carefully taught to stay quiet…
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History of Space Command in Colorado Springs: Timeline
May 6, 1942 The Army establishes Colorado Springs Army Air Base at the city’s municipal airport. The city leased the land to the military for in-kind considerations. That deal continues today, with Peterson Air Force Base troops acting as the Colorado Springs Airport’s fire department. It is the only Pikes Peak region military base to…