Despite a months-long battle that finally settled the U.S. Space Command in Colorado, the military branch may be at risk of relocating to Alabama once again.
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to move the Space Command headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, a decision he had made during his first term that was later reversed by President Joe Biden out of concern for the state’s anti-abortion law. “Trump’s gonna be there. He’s going to enforce what the secretary of the Air Force said under his administration and the secretary of the Air Force said under Biden’s administration,” Mike Rogers, an Alabama Republican and the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, is quoted as saying in a report by Politico.
“That is, Huntsville won the competition ...
and that’s where it should be and that’s where he’s going to build it.” On the other hand, Colorado lawmakers are gearing up to fight the decision to relocate the Space Command to Alabama under Trump’s upcoming term. “Obviously, I believe that if it’s down to military value, Colorado is the place for it to be,” U.
S. Representative-elect Jeff Crank, a Republican who will represent Colorado Springs in Congress, told The Denver Post. “If [Trump] wants to build out the Space Force and Space Command and have it meet the national security moment and our threats, then he will keep it here.
” In December 2022, the Biden administration directed the U.S. Air Force to conduct a review of a decision made.
