Hoping that the good luck spills over to Cannon. Unfettered air space for training, excellent weather, no urban encroachment -- those are the military reasons to keep it open. Economic-wise, Clovis would lose 1/3 of its jobs and just become another dusty west Texas town. Further down the road, water will be an issue for farming due to dewatering of the local aquifer for irrigation.
Your military reasons are all very worthwhile. Might I inject politics? Both Florida and New Mexico are Presidential swing states with a good no. of electoral votes.
Think of the additional military votes gained by moving the Oceana program to Cecil Field in Florida. It would be the opposite effect in New Mexico if Cannon were to close. I believe Pres. Bush lost New Mexico by just 300 to 600 votes in 2000.
That's the justification for keeping Eielson AFB active. Decision was yesterday, didn't even make the map.
Good luch to you on Cannon. Unfettered air space was another reason the Commission proposed to keep Ellsworth off the list plus Ellsworth AFB is the 2nd largest employer in the state of SD.
My husband and I retired from the AF here in Rapid City, SD 7 years ago and one of the reasons was because of an AFB here.
'Economic-wise, Clovis would lose 1/3 of its jobs and just become another dusty west Texas town.'
BRAC is worse than I thought. Texas would get a piece of NM.