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Show NEWS July 12. 1991 0) reduced. They are Beale, March and Mather AFBs, Calif.; Goodfellow AFB, Texas; MacDill AFB, Fla.; and Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. "Our decisions should save American taxpayers billions of dollars over the next decade," commis- sion chairman Jim Courter said. The United States can w need ony s0 much or defens(,11 tn ennn) BDAK "TU f4-- Force News Service WASHINGTON-Thirte- en Air Force bases will close under a budget reduction plan of a special fed- . .. .'11 i. crol rnmmifoiAM I M M!H b . forces according to a report pvn to the pres.dent 1 JUV meets bond goa Hill by SSct. David P. Masko Air Hilltop Times l' 1 Overall, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, an independent panel appointed by President Bush, suggested closing 35 military installations and realigning 43 more. Air Force bases on the commission's list for closure are Bergstrom and Carswell AFBs in defense funding con- trasts with the 27 percent peak in military spending seen in the 1980s, Cheney told the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce last 1 66 Texas; Castle AFB, Calif.; Eaker AFB, Ark.; England AFB, La.;Gris-soAFB, Ind.; Loring ...if there are only going to be 26 wings in the Air Force instead of 36, we've got to close some bases. m AFB, Maine; Lowry AFB, Colo.; Myrtle Beach AFB, S.C.; month. Cheney said the nation must resist political efforts "to force us to keep a force structure that no longer has a mission." "We have to close oases. on iNODoay 99 Air Richards-Gebau- r fewer bases. By 1995 or 1996, the United States will be spending only 18 percent of its budget on defense, the least since before Pearl Harbor. This dwindling Reserve Station, Mo.; Richenbacker Air Guard Base, Ohio; Williams AFB, Ariz.; and Wurt- smith AFB, Mich. Dick Cheney Secretory of Defense Capitol Hill and very few people out around the country are eager to have bases closed in their districts," he said. "But if there are only going to be 26 wings in the Air Force instead of 36, we've got to close some Defense Secretary Dick Cheney in April recommended closing 43 military bases and scaling back 28 others. The base closure commission went along with the great majority of the secretary's picks, but overturned the Pentagon's recommendation to close Moody AFB, Ga. "The commission basically approved the bulk of the departmental recommendations," Cheney told reporters July 1. "I feel good about that and I think it's approximately 90 percent of those facilities that we recommended closing, they agreed with." In addition to the closure suggestions, the panel recommended that six Air Force bases should be realigned or have their forces seven-memb- bases." At the same time, he said that it is very difficult for communities around the country to actually be on the receiving end of some of these decisions. "I know it's painful," Cheney said. "I know it hurts economically. It costs people jobs. It disrupts communities. But the decision's been made. The die is cast. The deed's done." The president must act on the commission's recommendations by July 15. If he approves, then lawmakers will have 45 days to vote on the package. er by Clark Caldwell U.S. Savings Bond Campaign committee member The U.S. Savings Bond camenabled Hill AFB to reach 118 percent of paign its Air Force goal for new participants. just-conclude- d Canvassers spent June contacting base personnel. The campaign ended with more than 7,800 Hill military and civilian employees now purchasing bonds. Emphasis was placed on the campaign theme Celebrate an American Tradition, 50 Years of U.S. Savings Bonds. 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