Posted on 03/28/2005 2:32:25 PM PST by pabianice
I'm sitting a stones throw from the former NAS Memphis & Naval Air Technical Training Center, the former closed, the latter moved to NAS Pensacola in the mid 1990's. We did get most of the Bureau of Naval Personnel here which has helped to offset things some.
It's been a tough row for this town since then, but things bottomed 3-4 years ago, and we are starting to see some real diversified growth, as opposed to total dependence on the USN.
Plus we inherited one of the best landing strips in the state, and 19,000 or so acres of real estate for industrial development. It was hard on this little town (Millington, TN) but not the end of the world.
this is insanity! what is different about this than clinton's closings? nothing! anyone who has been thru sere or flown there on the skypigs knows how valuable this particular base is. this is really sad...
What happened to Hanscom AFB?
That one is still active.....
and so is Pease, which I thought was in New Hampshire....
My daughter and son-in-law are both stationed at Brunswick. After the length of winter, my daughter would probably recommend they close the base and move to a warmer climate.
Those planes take a beating in winter up there.
are they going to lease this one to the chinese too?
they use imported chinese 'slave labor' to work the former long beach naval shipyards that now belong to the chinese... our buddy, our pal... guess it doesn't matter which administration we have now, our military is being undercut before our eyes, modernization indeed!
Doesn't this create a serious air defense gap? I reckon the justification presumes that "there is no credible threat of aerial attack" or some such ... sort of our version of the ill fated "10 year rule" that nearly resulted in the UK being beaten by Hitler.
Well, I do know that there is now commercial aviation using Hanscom. Not sure what military if any, remains.
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http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D893GROG0-85.shtml
I don't know where the title of the thread came from.
yeah I am almost certain there is still military at Hanscom...
hell they still have a military member or 3 at Ft. Ritchie, which was brac'd in 1995....
But that isn't the Federal Government's fault. The City of South Weymouth could have petitioned to take over the property and to develop it. It was a choice that apparently wasn't chosen. To insist that we continue to keep these little bastions of federal spending open have to cease. For a really sad journey, drive through Fort Ord sometime.
Pease shut down in 1991. It's a air national guard base now.
Why are they still closing bases? Who is going to get the land when its closed? In California we have seen corrupt crony deals with the closed bases, and one has to wonder if someone is pulling some political capital to close the base and make money off of it.
The bases are divided into lots and auctioned off one to a person to individual citizens. Instead some buddy of some corrupt politician will get the deal to develop it, and all the nongovernmental organizations that might squawk get their piece, but the average taxpaying citizen, who should be allowed the opportunity never gets a chance.
The bases that have historic significance should stay in the hands of the military, IMO. Mare Island shipyard was shut down a few years ago. It is mightily haunted by the past, with wonderful buildings and significant history to the pre-state days of California, the civil war days, and of course WWII and the liberty ships. Its a dirty rotten shame that the deal was negotitated to shut the place down and the cronies of the politicos were given the place. The whole place is falling into disrepair, historical buildings and factories will be unsalvagable soon.
One wonders if closing the bases is following the disarmament plans that inspired the base closures 20 years ago? Is our government following an international authority by closing these bases? One has to wonder, especially since the meeting last week to create the North American Community, a merger of Mexico, Canada and the US.
They are not replacing the P-3 Orion with a UAV. Wherever you got that information is very misinformed. The P-3 Orion is being replaced by the 737 MMA (Multi Maritime Aircraft).
I am currently stationed at NAS Brunswick, and while on the record I have no comment, off the record, I wouldn't read too much into this. I don't think this base is going anywhere.
They are not replacing the P-3 Orion with a UAV. Wherever you got that information is very misinformed. The P-3 Orion is being replaced by the 737 MMA (Multi Maritime Aircraft).
I am currently stationed at NAS Brunswick, and while on the record I have no comment, off the record, I wouldn't read too much into this. I don't think this base is going anywhere.
That would be a shame. When I was a Sea Cadet I attended several summer training sessions at NAS Brunswick and it was very pleasant. A really nice little base.
There is still Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, located on the Massachusetts Military Reservation along with Otis Air National Guard Base. CGAS Cape Cod has helos only, if I recall correctly.
In New England I believe CGAS Cape Cod would be the only active duty air station if NAS Brunswick closes.
I agree, but the headline is misleading, then.
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