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Article: States, feds clash over Guard; Governors sue over closure and transfer plans that would affect one-third of Air National Guard units.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 26, 2005
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Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON -- When the Pentagon released its list of bases to be realigned this year, it contained a message - unwritten but obvious - to Gov. Kenny Guinn: Nevada doesn't need the eight planes of its National Guard anymore. According to the plan, the C-130 transports now sitting on the tarmac in Reno should be sent to Arkansas, leaving the Nevada Air National Guard with no airplanes.
As commander in chief of the Nevada militia, however, Governor Guinn sees things a little differently. To him, the C-130s are a lifeline to the far-flung towns of the Nevada desert in times of flooding ...