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IT'S BEEN THE RUMOR OF
CLOSURE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT
THANKS TO POLITCAL AND
COMMUNITY SUPPORT,
SPRINGFIELD'S AIR NATIONAL
GUARD BASE IS SEEING GROWTH.
ONLY ON 2, DAN EDWARDS SHARES
DETAILS OF HIS RECENT VISIT
WITH THE BASE'S WING
COMMANDER.
IT'S THE HOME OF THE AIR
FORCE 178TH FIGHTER WING...
...BUT VISIT THE SPRINGFIELD
AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE TODAY,
AND THE ONLY FIGHTERS YOU'LL
SEE ARE ON STATIC DISPLAY.
STILL, INSIDE THESE BUILDINGS,
AIRMEN CONTINUE TO FLY
IMPORTANT MISSIONS .. NOT
IN THE COCKPIT, BUT AT THE
CONTROLS OF "RPA'S" OR
REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT.AS
WERE CONFIGURED RIGHT NOW...
WING COMMANDER COLONEL
GREGORY SCHNULO SAID THE
HEALTH AND VITALITY OF THE
BASE HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER.
THE MISSION SET THAT WE ARE IN
RIGHT NOW WITH THE
INTELLEGENCE MISSIONS AND THE
ISR MISSION.. THESE ARE FUTURE
MISSIONS. THESE ARE THE KIND
OF MISSIONS THAT PEOPLE GET
EXCITED ABOUT, THESE ARE LONG
LASTING, REALLY GOOD, SOLID
MISSIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
REALLY EMBRACED HERE.
SPRINGFIELD WORKS WITH THE
INSTALLATION IN LAS VEGAS ON
THE KEY TASK OF GUIDING OUR
MQ-1 PREDATORS, THE "DRONES"
THAT TRACK OUR ENEMIES EVERY
MOVE, IN AFGHANISTAN AND OTHER
HOT SPOTS. IN THE MISSION WERE
IN NOW WERE DOING THAT FROM
HERE 24 HOURS A DAY EVERYDAY
AND THAT'S A HUGE MORALE
BOOSTER TO KNOW THAT OUR
AIRMEN ARE INVOLVED WITH WHAT
THEY'RE DOING 24 HOURS A DAY.
BOOSTER TO KNOW THAT OUR
FROM THE BASE LOCATED JUST
SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD, THEY'VE
BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH NEAR
BY WRIGHT-PATT. AND WE KIND OF
JOKE THAT WE LIKE TO THINK OF
OURSELVES AS WRIGHT PATT
EAST.. THE 178TH'S INTEL-
RECONNAISSANCE GROUP OF ABOUT
200 PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE THAT
GOES TO WRIGHT-PATT'S NATIONAL
AIR AND SPACE INTELLIGENCE
CENTER AND COALITION PARTNERS
ALL OVER THE WORLD. ACROSS
STATE ROUTE 794, THE BASE ALSO
ENJOYS PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
EXPANDING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.
WE ARE GATHERING EFFICIENCIES
BY PUTTING ARMY INSTALLATIONS
AND AIR INSTALLATIONS
TOGETHER. COMMANDER SCHNULO
SAYS ENGINEERS ARE PREPARING
THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO RE-ROUTE
794 AROUND THE BASE TO ALLOW
BETTER SECURITY FOR BOTH
FACILITIES. THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD WILL ALSO BENEFIT.
FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE HOUSED
ON BASE FOR IMPROVED CRASH
READINESS FOR SPRINGFIELD-
BECKLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THE TOWER, SOME AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE
BASE RUNWAY, WILL ALSO BE
SHARED. PEOPLE THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN THE MISSION WILL
TELL YOU THEY ARE VERY PROUD
OF DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING
BECAUSE THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING
TO THE WAR EFFORT EVERYDAY.
IN CLARK COUNTY, DAN EDWARDS,