Schwartz: Next BRAC Round Could Be Delayed Until After 2015

By Maggie Ybarra / June 11, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Congressional pushback against an Air Force plan to trim its aircraft inventories and close some locations has doused the hopes of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz that a base realignment and closure round might take place before 2015. During an Air Force Association breakfast today, Schwartz noted congressional opposition to a base realignment and closure process the administration had hoped would begin in fiscal year 2013, calling it an "emotional issue" for some. "We're clearly not going...

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