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More jarring than a sonic boom was the thud the folks in Clovis felt through the past weekend: Cannon Air Force Base, the community's economic mainstay, will remain open, if President Bush and Congress accept the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission's nationwide recommendations. But Cannon soon will be a mere shadow of its former self: Its three F-16 fighter squadrons are headed for other bases -- and unless, during the next four years, the Pentagon can think up a mission justifying its existence, Cannon could be closed down. It was the Department of Defense that had recommended an end to Cannon by 2011. The realignment-and-closure commission put the base in limbo until 2009.
That puts the southeastern New Mexico community in a bind: If the Department of Defense doesn't recognize a need for the base's fine flying weather and its wide-open spaces -- say, for supersonic aircraft -- Clovis could be out of luck.See the full content of this document
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Cannon Non-Decision Puts Clovis in a Bind
Yet if community leaders try turning a decommissioned base into an industrial or commercial center, then Canno...
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