Alabama leaders cheered a Trump Administration decision today to announce the selection of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville as the permanent headquarters for U.S. Space Command.

The move mark a major milestone in the nation’s strategic defense posture and means an estimated 1,400 Space Command jobs will transition to Redstone Arsenal over the next five years.

“As I have said all along, there is no better place to locate Space Command Headquarters than in Huntsville, Alabama,” Governor Kay Ivey said in a statement. “Today, the facts prevailed, and it is official: Space Command Headquarters is coming to Sweet Home Alabama.”

She commended officials in the City of Huntsville and the state’s Congressional delegation for working tirelessly to secure Space Command HQ for Alabama’s “Rocket City.”

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