[CPEO-IRF] Otis recommendation text

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

I found the Otis recommendation (below) in the BRAC Commission's report
(p. 42 of the PDF file. It appears to say that the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts can keep Otis open, but no Air Force planes will be based
there. If someone knows otherwise, please let me know.

Presumably, the Coast Guard could keep flying out of Otis under this arrangement.

Lenny

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Realign Otis ANGB, MA. Distribute the fifteen F-15 aircraft assigned to
the 102d Fighter Wing?s (ANG) to meet the Primary Aircraft
Authorizations (PAA) requirements established by the Base Closure and
Realignment recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, as amended by
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. The 253d Combat
Communications Group, and 267th Communications Squadron will remain in
place at Otis, with 104th Fighter Wing at Barnes providing
administrative support as the parent wing. An air sovereignty alert
(ASA) facility will be constructed at Barnes Municipal Airport Air Guard
Station, MA. Firefighter positions from Otis will move to Barnes
Municipal Airport Air Guard Station, MA. 

If the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decides to change the organization,
composition and location of the 102d Fighter Wing (ANG) to integrate the
unit into the Future Total Force, all other personnel allotted to the
102d Fighter Wing (ANG) will remain in place and assume a mission
relevant to the security interests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and consistent with the integration of the unit into the Future Total
Force, including but not limited to air mobility, C4ISR, Information
Operations, engineering, flight training or unmanned aerial vehicles.
Where appropriate, unit personnel will be retrained in skills relevant
to the emerging mission. 

This recommendation does not effect a change to the authorized
end-strength of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. The distribution
of aircraft currently assigned to the 102d Fighter Wing (ANG) is based
upon a resource-constrained determination by the Department of Defense
that the aircraft concerned will better support national security
requirements in other locations and is not conditioned upon the
agreement of the commonwealth. 

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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
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