Hyten indicates SPACECOM will retain space ops hub at STRATCOM HQ

By Courtney Albon / February 27, 2019 at 4:28 PM
The head of U.S. Strategic Command said this week that regardless of where the Defense Department locates a new combatant command for space, a portion of that work will continue to be performed at STRATCOM headquarters in Nebraska. Gen. John Hyten told lawmakers during a Feb. 26 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing the department is working to minimize any negative impact of the transition to a new U.S. Space Command, which will pull responsibility for the space warfighting mission from...

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