Alabama lands Space Force HQ over Florida
By Jim Turner
Photo via US Dept. of Defense
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - U.S. Space Force’s permanent command headquarters will touch down in Alabama’s Huntsville Redstone Arsenal area rather than Florida’s Space Coast.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett’s decision to locate the headquarters in Alabama was made official Wednesday, after Patrick Space Force Base near Cape Canaveral was one of six finalists.
Space Florida, the state’s aerospace arm, and Gov. Ron DeSantis had fought to land SPACECOM since President Donald Trump in 2018 directed the Department of Defense to establish the U.S. Space Force as a branch of the armed forces.