Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Air National Guard to Remain at Bradley

My house will no longer be buzzed by A-10s, but the Air National Guard mission at Bradley Airport will continue:
The Air National Guard will comprise C-21 cargo aircraft, which are to begin arriving in September, Gov. M. Jodi Rell and state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced Wednesday. The agreement between Connecticut and the National Guard Bureau and U.S. Air Force also calls for a command and control headquarters and a regional aircraft engine repair facility.

More than 400 jobs will be protected, though the presence of fighter planes in Connecticut has ended.

"Washington heard my message loud and clear," Rell said. "This is a significant success." (AP)

This is great news. I really wasn't expecting them to get anywhere with the Air National Guard. Rell and Blumenthal deserve a lot of credit--and Rell, at least, is taking it. Her campaign put out a jubilant release today, trumpeting the fact that "Team Connecticut is 2-0 against Defense Department recommendations to close major facilities in our state."

Source

"Conn. loses fighter jets, but gains cargo planes at Bradley base." Associated Press 26 July, 2006.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

In the words of Dandy Don Merideth on MNF ... "Turn out the lights, the pary's over..."

Authentic Connecticut Republican said...

"..and lower some taxes, decrease spending, and get the govt to slim down..


That's where we come in.

She needs to be in a position to veto and have it stick.

We have to send her some help.

Anonymous said...

A year ago Jodi and Dicky B. were saying we needed the A-10s to defends us against a 9-11 type of attack. The deal is we get cargo plans. Either we are being left with a substandard defense under the deal or they were grossly misleading us a year ago.