Final review backs Space Command HQ’s move to Huntsville Alabama

[Steve Stinson]

Final review backs Space Command HQ’s move to Huntsville, Alabama

Updated: May. 13, 2022, 11:26 a.m. | Published: May. 13, 2022, 11:19 a.m.

U.S. Air Force Space Command Gen. John "Jay" Raymond stands next to the flag of the newly established U.S. Space Command, the sixth national armed service, in the Rose Garden at the White House August 29, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)TNS

By Lee Roop 

Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville was fairly selected as the best location for the new U.S. Space Command’s permanent headquarters, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville following a briefing on a second review of the site selection process conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

“The Air Force chose Huntsville, Alabama, as the new home of SPACECOM, which will eventually be home to more than 1,400 personnel,” Tuberville said Friday in a video message released by his office.

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