[CPEO-IRF] Boeing's work at former Kelly Air Force Base (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Comment: A big success, Boeing work now is at risk

T.P. O'Mahoney
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
June 11, 2006

Unfortunately for many communities across this country, the economic 
benefits to the federal government of Defense Department consolidation 
through military base closures often prove detrimental to the very 
people who most strongly support our armed forces.

In San Antonio, promises from federal advocates for support, along with 
the combined efforts of both city and state officials, have led to the 
successful economic redevelopment of Kelly AFB. There are thousands of 
aerospace industry jobs in an area that is not just surviving but 
thriving, thanks to the Boeing Co.

Boeing anchors the redeveloped base. Under contract with the federal 
government, Boeing provides maintenance, repair, overhaul and support 
services for KC-135 tanker aircraft along with the C-17, C-130 and KC-10 
programs.

...

For the original column, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA061106.5H.omahoneycomment.2076a4d9.html
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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