The Air Force Wants to Shutter an Air Training Center Congress Just Spent $25 Million Fixing – By Thomas Novelly (Military.com) / May 10, 2022
Dozens of fighter jets from across the country have congregated at a center on Georgia’s coast this month for “Sentry Savannah,” the Air National Guard’s largest air combat training exercise.
At least 48 combat jets have taken over the runways at the Air Dominance Center, located at the Savannah Air National Guard Base, in an example of how planes from the active-duty Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as reserve units, use the space.
But President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget proposal cuts funding for the center, which could put 120 jobs on the line; make a recent $25 million military construction project for a new hangar useless; and, ultimately, close one of the largest regional installations for reserve air combat exercises.
