The U.S. Space Force is the nation’s newest branch of the armed services.

President Trump created it, but there is much still to decide about how it will work. And a big decision, about where it will be based, is imminent. The U.S. Air Force, which supervises the Space Force, will announce its choice for the permanent Space Command headquarters in early 2021. The Command will be responsible for leading, supervising, and sustaining operations across the entire global and space-based Space Force. So the decision of where to locate the Command is one the Air Force must get right