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Originally Posted by JohnR
Some of this on the surface does not make sense.
Otis - the primary intercept strip alert base for the northern half of the east coast. What's the nearest? 15s or 16s out of VA? The flight radius of those aircraft is roughly 800 miles or so with the 15s and the 16s much less. So in our fine hour of defending against the potential of airliners as weapons, we are now going to lose the pointy end of that spear to defend that - makes no sense 
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Nearest would be F-16s out of McGuire AFB in Jersey, assuming that's not on the list, too.
On 9/11, the F-15s from Otis damn near beat McGuire's to NYC.
I'm sure these base closings have nothing to do with "blue" vs "red" states---sure I am
