American Military News by The Ironton Tribune - TNS June 12, 2023
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and U.S. Reps. David Joyce Marcy Kaptur, Max Miller, Joyce Beatty, Shontel Brown, Emilia Sykes and Greg Landsman, all of Ohio, on Wednesday called on the Biden administration to choose Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton as the headquarters for the U.S. Space Command and to locate additional U.S. Space Force units in Ohio in partnership with the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky.
In a letter to President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, the lawmakers write that the numerous industry and university parties in the state — along with existing U.S. Air Force and NASA bases and facilities — make Ohio ideally suited to host U.S. Space Command and Space Force units — should the Department of Defense choose to re-locate the Command HQ.
“The state of Ohio is ideally suited to host U.S. Space Command and Space Force Units,” wrote the lawmakers. “From the Wright brothers to American heroes like John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, the story of modern aviation is rooted in Ohio — and Ohio is ready to meet the challenges of the future. Ohio’s numerous industry and university partners in the state create a synergy around national security and space that is unmatched around the country.”
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