Thing is, it doesn't make sense. The plan is to remove the fighters (F-16's and A-10's) to the lower 48.You know this... but Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs don't?This leaves Elmendorf's F-15's as the only fighters in the area.
Alaska itself has many strategic targets, including the oil pipeline, the oil transfer station in Valdez, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile site in Delta Junction.
In addition, if the Korean War was to heat back up, Eielson Forces are the closest, behind those in South Korea and Japan.
Bad idea. I say.
The BRAC may not. It is all still a proposal. It is my hope the powers that be look into it and reconsider.