I am just glad that Barksdale AFB(Bossier City, La) is not on the list> I am no longer in the military but our local economy would be devastated. Fortunately, this base is home to a strategic component of the Airforce(B-52s). The local papers never even mentioned a problem so I guess its safe.
Any base that closes, will devastate the local economy. I feel sorry for all the areas that are effected. However, Pittsburgh has taken some big hits lately with the loss of the US Airways hub and their transfer of their call center to Latin America. It makes me sick, all this outsourcing of jobs...and neither party is stopping it. Our manufacturing base continues to decline. Well, rant off.