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Article: Expansion of 130th Airlift Wing sought: If Pope Air Base closes, its C-130s could come here, state lawmakers say
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- August 9, 2005
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West Virginia's congressional delegation has asked the Base
Realignment and Closure Commission to consider expanding the state
Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing instead of stripping the unit
of its planes.
Sens. Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller, both D-W.Va., and Reps.
Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., and Nick
Rahall, D-W.Va., made their proposal in a letter sent Friday to BRAC
Chairman Anthony Principi. The lawmakers released the letter on
Monday.
They cited the commission's decision in July to add Pope Air Force
Base in North Carolina to a list of military bases nationwide that