[eyedigress]

So you propose to take the mission from Luke and send it where?

[BlueMoose]

I'm not proposing any thing. I trying to understand why LUKE needs to remain open. Is this base critical to any thing other than the local jobs. Now it may well be that it would be silly to move the mission. But all i have understood so fare is that the local job market would go down the drain. Sadly that is the problem we have with defense in this country. Defense decisions are being made on the local job market or who can get reelected. What needs to be addressed is if it can be done more efficient at LUKE.