US Space Force Getting Off the Ground Despite Colorado–Alabama HQ Squabble

The U.S. Air Force has repeatedly delayed implementing its January 2021 decision to site Space Force headquarters at Redstone Arsenal near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. NASA

A measure within the proposed fiscal 2024 (FY24) defense budget grounds U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall until he issues a much-delayed, politically fraught decision on moving the newly created Space Force’s headquarters to Alabama from Colorado.

The stipulation was placed within the draft $874.2 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.).