{"id":534819,"date":"2026-03-20T13:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/534819\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:34:13","slug":"u-s-space-force-approves-over-22-million-for-intelligence-facility-at-wpafb-whio-tv-7-and-whio-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/534819\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Space Force approves over $22 million for intelligence facility at WPAFB \u2013 WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">FAIRBORN \u2014 Rep. Mike Turner announced Thursday that the U.S. Space Force has approved $370 million for a new intelligence facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\">Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The U.S. Space Force also allocated $22.2 million for architectural and engineering services and construction design for the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The new facility is planned as a controlled, secure, and multi-floor building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">TRENDING STORIES:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\"> It is designed to support critical intelligence functions at the base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cI advocated for these funds because this project will strengthen our national security, reinforce Wright-Patt\u2019s strategic importance and help ensure the Miami Valley continues to play a central role in defending our nation,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The congressman also noted that the facility will assist with the specific intelligence requirements of the U.S. Space Force. He described the base as a vital part of the country\u2019s military infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cWright-Patt remains a cornerstone of our national defense, and this funding is an important step forward in advancing its intelligence mission,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\">WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FAIRBORN \u2014 Rep. Mike Turner announced Thursday that the U.S. Space Force has approved $370 million for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-534819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}