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U.S. Space Command Unlikely to Settle in Permanent HQ in Next Few Years

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

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U.S. Space Command Unlikely to Settle in Permanent HQ in Next Few Years

Army Gen. James Dickinson, the commander of U.S. Space Command (U.S. Space Command Photo)

U.S. Space Command is unlikely to settle in a permanent headquarters for the next several years, Army Gen. James Dickinson, the commander of U.S. Space Command, said on Jan. 26. Dickinson's statement came 13 days after former Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett informed Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey in the waning days of the Trump administration that the service had picked Redstone Arsenal as the preferred location for U.S. Space Command's permanent headquarters (Defense Daily, Jan. 13). U.S. Space Command…

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