Ohio leaders be part of Sherrod Brown in pushing to maneuver U.S. House Command to Dayton

On Thursday, The Ohio Mayors Alliance, which includes Youngstown Mayor Tito Brown, joined U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in calling on U.S. President Joe 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.

Read the letter here

Dear President Biden, Secretary Austin, Secretary Kendall, and General Saltzman:

As Ohioan, statesman, and space pioneer John Glenn once said, “[t]he most essential factor we are able to do is encourage younger minds and…advance the form of science, math and know-how schooling that can assist kids take us to the subsequent part of area journey.” It’s with a concentrate on inspiring younger Ohioans and advancing our state’s subsequent steps in fostering the form of ingenuity, bravery, and public service John Glenn exemplifies that we write to you at the moment to induce you to think about finding U.S. House Command and its associated space-based nationwide safety missions, operations, and models in Ohio.

Ohio’s extraordinary legacy in aviation, innovation, and ingenuity make it an ideal location for U.S. Space Command and the best location for U.S. Space Force Units. As a bipartisan coalition of mayors in Ohio’s 30 largest cities, we urge you to consider locating these installations in Ohio, especially given our existing capacity at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, Lewis Field, and the Armstrong Test Facility. Each of our cities, our city residents, and the metropolitan regions we anchor will benefit immeasurably from locating the U.S. Space Force Command here in Ohio.

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, located in Greene County, Ohio, is already functioning as a point of contact for the U.S. Space Force through Space Delta 18 (NSIC). With the continuation of this development in the form of a host space for new Space Force missions or a permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base and the surrounding region can continue to foster collaboration and innovation in the defense sector. Ohio’s cities both in the Dayton and southwest Ohio area as well as the rest of the state are ready, willing, and able to invest in educating, housing, and employing Space Force families and all of its related suppliers and services.

In the last year, Ohio has established its claim as the Silicon Heartland with investments from Intel, Honda, LG, and numerous other innovative business and technology leaders. Ohio is already training the next generation of motivated, technologically advanced workers and military service members in our numerous universities, bases, and job centers. Ohio also has a strong history of military support, with nearly 725,000 veterans residing in the state of Ohio, many staying in and near Greene County, the home of Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Ohio, moreover, is the home of the United States Veterans Memorial and Museum, which most recently represented the best of Ohio and served as the location of our reception at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 91st annual meeting in Columbus.

Ohio has long been a center for research, technology, and defense. For these reasons and more, we present Ohio to you as the logical and obvious choice to be home to the U.S. Space Command.

Respectfully submitted,

The Ohio Mayors Alliance Board of Directors:

Mayor Dan Horrigan, City of Akron

Mayor Bob Stone, City of Beavercreek

Mayor Andrew Ginther. City of Columbus

Mayor Christina Muryn, City of Findlay

Mayor David Scheffler, City of Lancaster

Mayor Tim DeGeeter, City of Parma

Mayor Tito Brown, City of Youngstown

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