The Air Force Real Property Agency last week transferred the last 3.5 acre parcel of the former Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Ohio to the Columbus (Ohio) Regional Airports Authority. The Air Force closed Rickenbacker in 1994 as part of the 1991 BRAC decisions. Rickenbacker Airport still supports elements of the Ohio Air National Guard, including the 121st Air Refueling Wing, and other military units.
The Air Force wants to pump more than $12 billion over the next five years into its new affordable long-range missiles program and recently asked industry to push the flights of some of those munitions beyond 1,200 miles.