Rep Doug Lamborn (R-Colo) stated in a declarationFeb 19 that he asked for the IG examination a month back.
WASHINGTON– The Defense Department’s inspector general will certainly start a probe right into exactly how the Air Force chose U.S. Space Command ought to move its head office from Colorado to Alabama.
“We plan to begin the subject evaluation in February 2021,” Assistant Inspector General Randolph Stone, stated in a memorandumFeb 19.
The IG will certainly “review the basis for selecting Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred permanent location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters,” stated the memorandum.
Investigators will certainly consider whether the Department of the Air Force:
- Complied with DoD and also Air Force plans throughout the place choice procedure.
- Used goal and also pertinent racking up elements to place the 6 prospect areas.
- Calculated the price and also various other racking up elements precisely and also regularly amongst the 6 prospect areas.
Rep Doug Lamborn (R-Colo) stated in a declarationFeb 19 that he asked for the IG examination a month back. Lamborn et cetera of the Colorado legislative delegation created a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin requesting the Biden management to evaluate a basing decision they take into consideration politically inspired.
Lawmakers declare that the Air Force, after a months-long assessment of 6 bases, was going to suggest that U.S. Space Command continue to be at Peterson Air Force Base inColorado Springs They compete that previous Air Force Secretary Barrett was informed by the Trump management to suggest U.S. Space Command be moved to Alabama as a present to the previous head of state’s political allies. Barrett introduced thedecision Jan 13, simply eventually prior to tipping down.
“We are glad to hear that the Department of Defense inspector general will be investigating the Trump administration’s hastily announced basing decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama,” Colorado Senators Michael Bennet (D) and also John Hickenlooper (D) stated in a joint declaration. “Moving Space Command will disrupt the mission while risking our national security and economic vitality. Politics have no role to play in our national security.”
U.S. Space Command was developed in August 2019 as the armed force’s 11th unified fighter command. The future head offices will certainly have around 1,400 army and also private workers.
Redstone Arsenal was among 6 finalists the Air Force introduced inNovember Besides Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base, the various other prospects were Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; and also Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.