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Senators and state officials are releasing this information that they were given at 9:15 a.m. EDT -- these are official. In fact Senator Inhofe made sure in his telephone press conference that the State of Oklahoma knew they were official. Congress/state governors received the information at 9:15 a.m. and the embargo was then off for the list and why you are seeing us post our State information.

Groton - New London? Are they the same base? The bases close,& the jobs leave. I believe most jobs get re assigned to other bases. The maintenance crews remain to take care of the post. I remember Ft Ord being closed and yet there was a military and civilian presence to take care of it. Ft Dix was closed but its still has life in it. I would classify the closings as consolidation of bases more than anything else. I've been to Otis and Hascom Field, Otis is a bear to maintain compared to Hascom. Most of the AFB's were either SAC or Air Defense bases during the cold war. Now that the threat from bombers is minimal I can see why they are being closed down. (Closed but not sold or plowed still keeps it available for possible use.) (However I can see Ft Hamilton being sold to make way for a new home for the "Brooklyn" Dodgers) Some of the closings are at bases where its is mostly office buildings. These small bases can close and move the units to other bases. (i.e. like many of the Ft Monmouth units were sent to Ft Gordon.) And yes they do have impacts on the rural communities like the closing of Plattsburg AFB had in the Northern NY region. Looking at the list it appears that most of the smaller bases could well be consolidated into the larger ones. There is still room in the regions, where other bases could take them in. Ft Drum is one base that has more lives than a cat.(It would appear that Hillary and Chuck won't let that one go while they are in office.) If it appears on the list I would be very surprised.