If there is no mission, why keep it open? With the units coming back from Europe, was there nothing that could be found for this base? Removing the active squadrons will mean the numbr of employees there will plummet; given that I would rather see it closed so the city can do something with the post, instead of having a big empty parking lot with a few dozen Air Force guards languishing there.
Cannon offers several great supersonic training ranges. Not quite as good as Nellis AFB, but good nonetheless. There are 4 ranges within a 10 minute subsonic cruise. One of the dangerous trends in the AF is that they seem to think that they can use maritime ranges for training. That is fine for air-to-air but our pilots still need to learn how to fly in terrain.