[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Onizuka Air Force Station (CA) transfers planned

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Former Onizuka Air Station ready for new challenges

by Scott Johnston, Air Force Real Property Agency
Air Force Print News Today
September 20, 2011

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- For more than 50 years, Onizuka Air Force  
Station was a top secret member of the Air Force Satellite Control  
Network. The installation is now ready to take on new frontiers.
The "Blue Cube" building on Onizuka AFS played a critical role in our  
nation's security and protection since 1960. The station started off  
conducting operations on the nation's first imagery satellite, the  
Corona spacecraft.
Following the success of the Corona mission, the installation became  
part of the Air Force Satellite Control Network, which provided the  
world's only global antenna network for command and control for  
military, intelligence and civil spacecraft constellations.
In 2005, Onizuka AFS was selected for closure by the Base Closure and  
Realignment Commission, with the recommendation to move operations to  
Vandenberg Air Force Base consolidating satellite command and control  
operations while reducing excess infrastructure. The goal of the  
BRAC's decision was to generate a more efficient use of Air Force  
resources and savings to the American taxpayer.
...

For the entire release, see
http://www.safie.hq.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123272772

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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