[CPEO-IRF] Oceana plan submitted

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Submitted to Pentagon, plan for Oceana lines up details

By JON W. GLASS
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
April 1, 2006


VIRGINIA BEACH — City and state officials sent a plan to the Pentagon on 
Friday that they maintain satisfies federal demands for keeping fighter 
jets at Oceana Naval Air Station. The Defense Department’s inspector 
general has until June 1 to decide whether he agrees.

At stake is Virginia Beach’s largest employer and the city’s historic 
and social ties to the Navy.

It’s unclear what will happen to Oceana’s jets if the inspector general 
rules that the plan does not comply with the demands of the federal 
Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission .

In that case, BRAC had recommended that the jets be moved to a former 
Navy base in Florida, but leaders in that community have said they don’t 
want the planes.

The plan responds to the BRAC order issued in August requiring Virginia 
Beach, Chesapeake and the state to halt and “roll back” development that 
the panel said compromised pilot training and safety at Oceana.

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http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=102386&ran=27694&tref=po

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Lenny Siegel
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