MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WRBL) — After President Trump announced on Tuesday that Redstone Arsenal will be home to the U.S. Space Command, Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement following the announcement.

Redstone Arsenal had long been considered as an option for the permanent headquarters of the command, which has been operating at its provisional headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, while the Air Force continued to review the potential move.

The command was established in August 2019, the Space Command website states.

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In the statement released on Tuesday following Trump's announcement, Ivey said:

“Soon after President Trump directed the Department of Defense in 2018 to begin planning for this

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