Thursday, July 29, 2010

DTN News: U.S. Air Force Announces MC12W Basing Proposal....NSI News Source Info # 863

Source: U.S. Department of Defense - No. 675-10 July 29, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON, U.S. - July 29, 2010: The Department of the Air Force announced today Beale Air Force Base, Calif., as the preferred alternative basing option for the MC-12W.
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley previously approved six candidate bases. They included Altus Air Force Base, Okla.; Beale Air Force Base, Calif.; Key Field Air National Guard Base, Miss.; Langley Air Force Base, Va.; Robins Air Force Base, Ga.; and Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.
Site survey teams evaluated all candidate bases for feasibility, timing, cost and planning purposes to meet initial operational capability. As a result of these surveys, the range of reasonable alternatives was reduced to three bases: Beale, Robins, and Whiteman.

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