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- Dayton Daily News
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- April 3, 2009
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Air Force to locate new global strike command in Louisiana
WASHINGTON -- The Air Force said it has chosen Barksdale Air
Force Base, La., as the preferred location for headquarters of its
Global Strike Command, a new operation focused on the service's
nuclear and global strike capabilities.
The final decision on where to locate won't be made until a
review required by federal environmental law is completed, the Air
Force said Thursday, April 2. The final decision is anticipated this
summer.
The command is temporarily operating at Bolling Air Force Base in
Washington, D.C.
Along with Barksdale, the other candidate bases to permanently
host the new command are Warren AFB, Wyo.; Malmstrom ...