Terry (R-Ne) backs plan to expand intelligence facility at Offutt (Air Force Base)

[Omaha Steve]

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Note: My mom helped build the Enola Gay at the Martin Bomber plant. That huge building is now part of the air base. I saw President Clinton there in one of the last days of his Presidency while Gore fought for every vote to be counted.


Published Sunday | February 18, 2007
Terry backs plan to expand intelligence facility at Offutt
BY TIM ELFRINK
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

An Offutt Air Force Base unit charged with gathering and interpreting global intelligence has outgrown its antiquated headquarters, U.S. Rep. Lee Terry says.

A $16.9 million request included in President Bush's proposed 2008 federal budget would pay for building construction to accommodate the squadron's increasingly in-demand specialty, said Terry, who was briefed on the plan by Offutt officials.

"I toured their current headquarters, and it's a pathetic facility for one of the most important missions to our national security," said Terry, R-Neb.

The 97th Intelligence Squadron, part of Offutt's 55th Wing, faces a crippling lack of space in its current headquarters, Terry said.


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