The US Air Force has identified six bases -- in Colorado, Alabama and California -- that could house the military's newest combatant command, US Space Command
Four of the proposed locations are located in Colorado. The other two locations are in Alabama and California.The absence of any Florida-based installations from the finalist list is bound to disappoint members of Congress who publicly advocated for the command to be housed in the Sunshine State.In December, Republican Sen.
The Air Force's analysis used a set of criteria to determine where the command was to be housed, which included cost, co-location with an existing military organization that will become a component of the future Space Command, access to a C-17 aircraft capable airfield, communications connectivity, administrative buildings and available base support.
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