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Article: Virginia Fights to Retain Oceana Naval Air Station
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- The Washington Post
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- August 21, 2005
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Representatives from Virginia testified before the federal Base
Realignment and Closure Commission yesterday, lobbying to keep Oceana
Naval Air Station and its more than 10,000 jobs from being shifted to
Florida.
The commission added Oceana, Virginia Beach's largest employer, to
the list of military bases across the country that it recommended be
closed or shrunk last month, citing concerns that residential growth
around the naval air station poses a safety risk to pilots and
residents.
Oceana, a "master jet base," hosts F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets
and Super Hornets that are deployed aboard aircraft carriers. It is
the main naval base for fighter jets on the East Coast.
Virginia Gov. ...