Defense Environment Alert -- Severe encroachment from urban sprawl has prompted the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to consider shutting down a major Navy air base in Virginia and moving its assets to another location, despite Defense Department opposition to the proposed closure. The proposal, if adopted by the commission, could also have repercussions for the Navy's controversial plans to build an outlying landing field (OLF) in North Carolina to support the Virginia-based F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, some of which...
