The state of Illinois will have to take a different tack per US Dist. Court Judge Jeanne Scott, who ruled Tuesday that the state had no grief with a recommendation by the BRAC commission to move the F-16s flown by the Air National Guard’s 183rd Fighter Wing at Springfield to Fort Wayne, Ind. Why? Because the commission’s decision really isn’t final—not until the President and Congress sign off. The commission turns over its “final” recommendations to President Bush Thursday.
As the Air Force readied for its June 21-22 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the service was also putting its Agile Combat Employment strategy into action, dispersing combat aircraft and Airmen from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in preparation for a possible Iranian retaliatory attack. Some defense experts say…
