Air Force Group Still Favors Pope: ; Adjutants General Air Complaints at Meeting in Atlanta

Charleston Gazette › July 01, 2005

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Even if the 130th Airlift Wing can operate 12 or more C-130s at Yeager Airport, the nation's war-fighting effectiveness would be best served by transferring the aircraft to Pope Air Force Base instead of keeping them in Charleston, according to the co-chairman of the Air Force's Base Closure Executive Group.

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Air Force Group Still Favors Pope: ; Adjutants General Air Complaints at Meeting in Atlanta

Even with 12 C-130s at Yeager, "Our recommendation is to go to Pope," Maj. Gen. Gary Heckman said during a conference call on Thursday with reporters from cities with airbases facing cutbacks i...

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