Environmental Assessment Planned for F-22s at Holloman

Source URL: http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/apf22plan04-11-06.htm
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The Air Force plans to study potential environmental consequences of deploying F-22A fighter airplanes at Holloman Air Force Base.

The Raptors would replace the Air Force's F-117A Nighthawks at Holloman, where all of those stealth fighters are stationed.

President Bush proposed in February that the Nighthawks be phased out by fiscal 2008.

"I will take the Air Force's prompt action for an environmental assessment as good news because it means plans are under way to clear a path for the F-22s to be assigned to Holloman,'' Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said Monday
F-22As currently are based at Langley Air Force Base, Va., while Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, is to get the Air Force's second batch of Raptors.

The Air Force prefers Holloman for the third operational wing, consisting of two squadrons of 18 Raptors each. Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, would be the fourth site for the F-22As.

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