[CPEO-IRF] Air Force closure plans gutted

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The BRAC Commission has not published the results of its Friday and
Saturday votes yet, but from various press reports it appears that the
Air Force's plan to transform the deployment of aircraft across the
country has been gutted

The Commission voted not to close Air National Guard units in Portland
(Oregon), Niagara Falls (New York), Great Falls (Montana), and
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). It also voted not to mothball Eielson Air
Force Base, in Fairbanks (Alaska).

However, it did approve the closure of Air National Guard bases in
Milwaukee (Wisconsin) and Houston (Texas).

Earlier I reported that the Commission refused to close Ellsworth Air
Force Base (South Dakota), and it decided to mothball, rather than
close, Cannon Air Force Base (New Mexico). It also approved the closure
of Otis Air National Guard Base (Massachusetts) and the Connecticut Air
Guard facility at the Hartford-Springfield airport.

The Commission did approve a number of realignments that include the
transfer of aircraft from one base to another, but there will be
relatively few Air Force/Air Guard closures.


Lenny
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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