0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 24
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          LEONARD LEE RAWSON
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE NOT TO REDUCE FORCES AT
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0012|     HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, the training squadron at Holloman air force base
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0015|     will inactivate, transferring six of its nine F-117 aircraft
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0016|     to other Holloman squadrons, and the remaining three F-117
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0017|     aircraft will be placed in attrition reserve, resulting in a
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0018|     reduction of two hundred twenty-one military and nine civilian
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0019|     authorizations; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, the forty-eighth rescue squadron will inactivate
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0021|     and move its six HH-60 helicopters to other air force
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0022|     locations, decreasing manpower by one civilian and one hundred
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0023|     sixty-seven military authorizations; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, the downsizing of the fourth space warning
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0025|     squadron and its reduction in security support requirements
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0001|     results in a reduction of fifty-one military authorizations;
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0002|     and
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0003|          WHEREAS, overall these actions will result in a new
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0004|     reduction of four hundred thirty-nine military and ten
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0005|     civilian authorizations; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, a reduction in manpower of this proportion at
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0007|     Holloman by the United States air force would cause severe
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0008|     economic difficulties in the city of Alamogordo; and
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0009|          WHEREAS, both civilian and military employees of Holloman
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0010|     air force base reside in Alamogordo and contribute heavily to
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0011|     the local tax base of the community;
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0012|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0013|     OF NEW MEXICO that it request the United States air force to
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0014|     reconsider the proposed reductions at Holloman air force base
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0015|     in Alamogordo; and
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0016|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0017|     transmitted to the secretary of the air force, the secretary
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0018|     of defense and the New Mexico congressional delegation.
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