Saturday, May 8, 2010

ANG Base lands new missions

Springfield-Beckley to repair F-16s and remotely pilot drones

Local TV stations were reporting last night that the jobs lost due to the loss of Dutch pF-16 pilot training to Arizona will be replaced by new intelligence and drone aircraft missions. In addition, the base will retain it's contract to repair F-16 fighter jets.

WDTN-TV: New missions for Springfield Air Base

2 comments:

Carol said...

I hate the military.

There, I said it.

Anonymous said...

Let's see, are drones better than piloted airplanes flying around the Village? This should be interesting fodder for the local debate forums.