Saturday, March 27, 2010
W. Va. Opposes Air Force Plan
WEST VIRGINIA....
Democratic Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller sent a letter March 25th to Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley voicing their opposition to the move in which the Air Force plans to transfer twelve C-130 aircraft, including two from the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston. West Virginia Adjutant General Allen Tackett is sounding the alarm that an Air Force proposal could cost the state's Air Guard two big transport aircraft, leaving only 6 of the C-130 cargo planes in Charleston. The planes and others taken from other states' Air Guard units would go to the Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas in a move designed to keep the Air Force from spending money on buying new aircraft to replace aging planes. Governor Joe Manchin finds himself fighting a battle he thought he'd won when the BRAC commission decided not to close Yeager Airport. West Virginia's congressional delegation is being asked by Tackett and Manchin to help stop the plan.
Democratic Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller sent a letter March 25th to Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley voicing their opposition to the move in which the Air Force plans to transfer twelve C-130 aircraft, including two from the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston. West Virginia Adjutant General Allen Tackett is sounding the alarm that an Air Force proposal could cost the state's Air Guard two big transport aircraft, leaving only 6 of the C-130 cargo planes in Charleston. The planes and others taken from other states' Air Guard units would go to the Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas in a move designed to keep the Air Force from spending money on buying new aircraft to replace aging planes. Governor Joe Manchin finds himself fighting a battle he thought he'd won when the BRAC commission decided not to close Yeager Airport. West Virginia's congressional delegation is being asked by Tackett and Manchin to help stop the plan.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 1:53 PM 
