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Biden Took Dickinson’s View Over Kendall’s in Decision to Base U.S. Space Command in Colorado

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Biden Took Dickinson’s View Over Kendall’s in Decision to Base U.S. Space Command in Colorado
Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, and Army Gen. James Dickinson, head of U.S. Space Command, testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Sept. 28.

Army Gen. James Dickinson, the head of U.S. Space Command, believed that permanently basing the command in Colorado Springs was important to keep the numbers of qualified personnel required to head off the Chinese space challenge to the U.S.--personnel that SPACECOM could lose, if the command moved to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.--a decision announced in January 2021 by the Air Force in the waning days of the Trump administration. U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall favored Alabama because of…

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