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More Space Force missions in Colorado, Air Force says | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Air Force announced the permanent location for many more U.S. Space Force units Wednesday — and none of them are in Huntsville, Alabama, suggesting the service may be moving ahead with at least part of the design it originally sought for the new force before it became entangled in politics.Four more Space Force missions […]

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Alabama Senator could stand in the way of President Biden’s pick for next Joint Chiefs chairman | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

President Joe Biden will announce that he is tapping Air Force General CQ Brown Jr., a history-making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown’s confirmation would mean that, for the first time, both the Pentagon’s top military and civilian positions would be held by […]

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Space Command base change process was flawed, report says | #elections | #alabama

DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Air Force abruptly changed its procedures to select a permanent headquarters for the U.S. Space Command during the election year of 2020, which led to it choosing heavily Republican Alabama over Democrat-dominated Colorado after a White House meeting, according to a report from the General Accounting Office that was made […]

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