[CPEO-IRF] Rhein-Main (Germany) closure (USAF)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rhein-Main still ticking as closure looms nears

by Louis A. Arana-Barradas
Air Force Print News
August 13, 2005

Though this base's mission ends Oct. 1, its people are still doing what 
made it the Air Force's premier airlift hub in Europe -- airlift support.

The base, which shares runways with Frankfurt International Airport, has 
been drawing down since 1999 for its December closure. Its landmass has 
already shrunk to half its original size and many base activities have 
closed.

But the base's airlift mission is almost "as big as it has always been," 
said Paul Molnar, Rhein-Main's closure and host nation liaison officer.

Rhein-Main is still a critical strategic base in the war on terrorism, 
said Lt. Col. Mike Polhemus, 726th Air Mobility Squadron commander. The 
Air Mobility Command unit runs base flight operations.

...

For the entire article, see
http://i-newswire.com/pr41918.html


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