Interesting to see MCAS Miramar on the list. When I moved to Mira Mesa in 1983, the base was NAS Miramar and home to the Top Gun school. I was present on the tarmac in 1969 when the first F-14 landed with the Secretary of the Navy in the RIO seat. I was a Boy Scout assigned to pass out programs at the first Miramar Air Show that year.
The locals have been bitching about the noisy helocopters since the Marines reclaimed the base in 2000. The 12000 foot runways have been eyed by the politicians as a replacement for the crappy airport in downtown San Diego. My old house in Mira Mesa was a mile north of the runway. If it becomes the regional airport, the traffic and noise will go way beyond the current unbearable levels. My new house is 912 miles north of the runway, so I won't notice :-)
I wonder of my son's assignment to the reserve unit at the east end of the airfield will be impacted by the closing. If so, he would probably have to drive to Pendleton for his reserve weekends.
I think inclusion of Miramar on the list is a political bone thrown to the politicians in San Diego. The Marines have nowhere else to go; Pendleton is not an option. My husband had the misfortune of working at Community Plans and Liaison at Miramar before he retired and he had to deal with this very issue constantly. The locals whine about the helicopters, but have they thought about the racket a commercial airport would make?