Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 1:25:15 GMT -6
Air Force says budget calls for new tankers coming to Niagara Falls base next year
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Air Force’s 2017 budget assigns eight KC-135 tanker aircraft to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, starting next year, Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand announced Monday.
The new planes will be supported by 27 new full-time jobs next year and $25.5 million in investment to bring existing facilities at the base up to the standards needed to house the new planes.
It had been known for almost a month that there would be eight of the tanker planes, but their arrival date wasn’t known until Monday.
“It is a huge shot in the arm for Western New York that will make (the base) ever more valuable to our nation’s defense,” Schumer said, adding that the $25 million will “complete the seamless transition to housing the KC-135s once again at their rightful home, but it will also bring more local jobs and increased flight hours to the region.”
Read more: www.buffalonews.com/city-region/air-force-says-budget-calls-for-new-tankers-coming-to-niagara-falls-base-next-year-20160222
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Air Force’s 2017 budget assigns eight KC-135 tanker aircraft to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, starting next year, Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand announced Monday.
The new planes will be supported by 27 new full-time jobs next year and $25.5 million in investment to bring existing facilities at the base up to the standards needed to house the new planes.
It had been known for almost a month that there would be eight of the tanker planes, but their arrival date wasn’t known until Monday.
“It is a huge shot in the arm for Western New York that will make (the base) ever more valuable to our nation’s defense,” Schumer said, adding that the $25 million will “complete the seamless transition to housing the KC-135s once again at their rightful home, but it will also bring more local jobs and increased flight hours to the region.”
Read more: www.buffalonews.com/city-region/air-force-says-budget-calls-for-new-tankers-coming-to-niagara-falls-base-next-year-20160222