Air Force to test environmental impacts of introducing T-7A and F-35 at new bases

By Vanessa Montalbano / June 4, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The Air Force on Tuesday indicated it is planning to prepare environmental impact statements to bring two major aircraft programs to Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base, OR, and Vance Air Force Base, OK. The notices, posted in the Federal Register, would be used to determine whether those locations are socially, economically and environmentally fit to support an F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter formal training unit beddown and T-7A Red Hawk recapitalization, respectively. If approved, the F-35s would be...

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