OMAHA- Congress' Government Accountability Office said it will be investigating whether the Air Force followed their own regulations when it decided to locate the U.S. Space Command's permanent headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama over Offutt Air Force Base and four other possible sites.

Colorado's political and business leadership were the first to allege President Donald Trump chose Huntsville over Colorado Springs and other sites in order to reward political allies. Space Command is in charge of all military operations in space and is completely separate from the Space Force which was created by President Trump in 2019.

The Pentagon tasked the Air Force with choosing the permanent site. The selection committee heard presentations and conducted inspections of each site before recommending a site to then-Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett. She announced the decision after consulting with President Trump about the decision.

Representative Don Bacon said Offutt lost out because Omaha lacks the space-related businesses that Huntsville or Colorado Springs could offer.

“We were competitive in every area, except we didn’t have a space mission at Offutt,” Bacon said. “We have a great workforce. It just isn’t a space workforce.”

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