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BRAC recommendations could impact AMC bases; some more than others

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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --   When the secretary of defense released the Department of Defenses Base Realignment and Closure recommendations May 13, only one Air Mobility Command base came out unchanged.

As it stands, if the recommendations are implemented, Travis AFB, Calif., will stand alone as the only AMC base not affected by the 2005 BRAC round of recommendations. However, some of the gains and losses will substantially impact other AMC bases.

According to officials, the purpose of the DOD's recommendations is to make the most efficient and effective use of all the departments resources, to improve operational efficiency, to save taxpayer dollars, to advance transformation, and to enhance the combat effectiveness of the military forces. And, the Air Force could save more than $14 billion over the next 20 years.

The following is a base-by-base listing of how each AMC base is affected by the recommendations.

Andrews AFB, Md. Gain nine F-16s for the Air National Guard; ANG Aerial Port Squadron; National Capitol Region leased locations; and installation management functions for the Naval Air Facility, Washington. Lose Air Force Flight Standards Agency and its two C-21s; and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. The base hospital converts into a clinic with an ambulatory surgery center. Establish Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility, Washington, Md.

Charleston AFB, S.C. No AMC impact. Gain the installation management functions of the Naval Weapons Station, Charleston.

Dover AFB, Del. Gain Expeditionary Combat Support elements (aerial port and fire fighters) from New Castle, (Del.), Air Guard Station; Armed Forces Medical Examiner, DNA Registry and Accident Investigation functions from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at Walter Reed Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Md.

Fairchild AFB, Wash. Transfer eight ANG KC-135Rs to Sioux Gateway AGS, Iowa. Gain two ANG combat communication geographically separated units and the Gieger Field Armory and Organizational Maintenance Shop.

Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Transfer 12 KC-135Rs to Scott AFB, Ill., eight to Seymour-Johnson AFB, N.C., four to MacDill AFB, Fla., four to Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and eight to McConnell AFB, Kan. Gain unspecified new active duty/ANG associate unit for future mission.

MacDill AFB, Fla. Gain four KC-135Rs from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and establish association with the 927th Air Refueling Wing, Selfridge ANG Base, Mich. The base hospital converts into a clinic with an ambulatory surgery center.

McChord AFB, Wash. Gain the 304th Rescue Squadron. Transfer the medical facility and installation management functions to Army at Fort Lewis. Establish Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

McConnell AFB, Kan. Gain 21 KC-135Rs; the Standard Air Munitions Package/Standard Tank, Rack, Adaptor, and Pylon Packages munitions functions from Lackland AFB, Texas. Transfer nine KC-135Rs to Forbes AGS, Kan.

McGuire AFB, N.J. Retire 16 ANG KC-135s. Gain aeromedical evacuation squadron from New Castle, Del., and firefighters plus Navy and Marine squadrons from naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Pa.; and the installation management functions from nearby Fort Dix, and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst. Establish Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

Pope AFB, N.C. Transfer 25 C-130s to Little Rock AFB, Ark. and 36 A-10s to Moody AFB, Ga. Gain 16 C-130 aircraft to establish an AFRC wing as an active duty associate wing. Pope AFB changes to Army ownership and gains Army units from various locations. Establish Joint Pre-Deployment/Mobilization Site Bragg/Pope.

Scott AFB Gain 12 KC-135Rs from Grand Forks AFB, N.D.; firefighters from Lambert AGS, Mo.; and the U.S. Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command-Transportation Engineering Agency U.S. Retire eight ANG KC-135Es. Establish Mobility Logistics Support Center, and convert the hospital into a clinic with an ambulatory surgery center.

Travis AFB, Calif. No impact.

The following is a listing of bases with AMC tenant units assigned and how those units were affected by the announcement.

Little Rock AFB, Ark. Gain 77 C-130s from various sources. Retire 27 C-130s. Transfer eight C-130s to Backup Aircraft Inventory and seven C-130s to other locations. The end state will have 98 active duty and 18 ANG C-130s. Establish ANG associate wing. Transfer Regional Supply Squadron and Logistics Readiness Squadron positions to Scott AFB, Ill., and Langley AFB, Va.

Dyess AFB, Texas Transfer 32 C-130s to Little Rock AFB, Ark. Gain 24 B-1s and the Abilene and Coleman Readiness Centers.

Robins AFB, Ga. Transfer 12 KC-135s to McConnell AFB, Kan. The 19th Air Refueling Group deactivates.

The above recommendations will not be implemented until after hearings and review by the BRAC commission, and approval by the president and congress later this year.