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Air Force Had ‘Low Level of Confidence’ in $426 Million, 15-Year Cost Savings Estimate for SPACECOM in Huntsville

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Air Force Had ‘Low Level of Confidence’ in $426 Million, 15-Year Cost Savings Estimate for SPACECOM in Huntsville
In his first official trip, U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink (right) meets with Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of U.S. Space Command, on May 28 during Meink's visit to Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The Department of the Air Force did not include disruption to operations as a factor in its decision criteria for choosing a permanent base for U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Pres. Trump has boasted about getting Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. picked as the SPACECOM permanent base in January, 2021--a decision reversed by former Pres. Biden two and a half years later. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) predicted that the Trump administration would announce Redstone again as the…

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