President Joe Biden has decided that the headquarters of US Space Command will remain in Colorado and not move to Alabama . The Air Force recommended near the end of Trumps presidency that the command be moved to Huntsville Alabama in line with the initial Air Force recommendation according to two US officials . The move is sure to anger Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama who is continuing a hold on senior military nominations that is now impacting more than flag and general officers over the Pentagons abortion policy . The decision sparked a fierce debate among lawmakers who demanded Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall decide where the permanent base would be . The Department of the Air Force will now work expeditiously to implement the decision he said . The head of Space Command Gen. James Dickinson argued that the . decision would jeopardize military readiness and moving it now would . jeopardize the military readiness one official said. The Associated Press first reported the news Monday. The decision to keep SPACECOM headquarters in Colorado Springs was first reported by the . Associated Press . Monday afternoon . The announcement first reported that the decision was made Monday afternoon before the . Department of Defense informed Tubervilles office and the rest of the . Alabama congressional delegation of the Alabama congressional . delegation of . Tubervees office of theAlabama congressional delegation was informed of the decision before the news was announced publicly an administration official said Monday afternoon an official said . An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Tuberves had said that the SPACecom had said the decision had been made. “The decision to move SPACechom was made. It had stated that Spacecom was a decision that the SpacacecOM was made to move to SpacECom headquarters was made
US Space Command to remain in Colorado . US space command to remain at Colorado base .
