HUNTSVILLE — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said now is the time for Redstone Arsenal to prepare for U.S. Space Command headquarters to make Huntsville its new home.
Tuberville has been a strong advocate for locating SPACECOM in Huntsville, which was rated the number-one choice after three separate analyses. Still, former President Joe Biden reversed a previous Trump decision and chose Colorado over Alabama.
“We've been pushing real, real hard. In Alabama, in Huntsville, we're used to winning. And when we win, we usually reap the rewards. Well, we won in 2020. We won the right to have Space Command, but because of politics, it was taken away,” Tuberville said.
On Thursday, Tuberville toured Redstone, where he spoke with military leaders about getting organized for the new HQ.
“Organization is key to winning. We want to make sure we're organized… We want to make sure we got everything planned to get ready to go,” he continued. “We don't want to have to adjust for the next six months. So, we have to have a new Secretary of Air Force. That'll happen in the next three or four weeks. Secretary Air Force makes the decision. President Trump's Secretary of Air Force, the first time, picked Huntsville. Biden’s Secretary of Air Force picked Huntsville. I would imagine this Secretary of Air Force will pick Huntsville, and we'll get it moved back. Now that's up to President Trump and this secretary.”
“So, at the end of the day, when that happens, we want to be 100% ready to go. Everything's ready. We've got the land. We've got the process. We've got the organization of what we're going to do, how we're going to do it, and it won't take long to get it moving once it's allocated.”
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