Lloyd W. "Fig" Newton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander, Air Education and Training Commandfrom 1997 to 2000. He was also the first African-American pilot in the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds... (wikipedia)
I find that it would be a big mistake to close this facility at this time.
Strategically, the rise of Asia was very much part of our thinking. You can't consider our naval capacity and not think about the developments out in the western Pacific.
This is a better suit for Montana. We think F-15s are a better weapons system for that location.
Homeland security and homeland defense, that played the biggest role in meeting the requirements that states have.