Otis Air Force base on Cape Cod will close. Guess what the

[yy4me]

facility will be used for after it closes!

What else? Intelligence gathering and interpretation!

Keep your cell phones and all other electronic devices stowed, folks.

[Ian David]

1. Do you have a link for that? n/t

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Bummer. Why do the republicon chickenhawks hate America's military." - Big Otis

[Ian David]

3. Found a link: Otis sees its last landing

Otis sees its last landing
From Cold War to 9/11, a unit that stood ready stands down

By Tania deLuzuriaga
Globe Staff / January 25, 2008

OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE - They escorted Soviet planes during the Cold War, intercepted cocaine shipments during the 1990s, and were the first on the scene in New York after word came that two planes were hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
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But 35 years after beginning a mission of round-the-clock protection of the Eastern Seaboard, the Air National Guard's 102d Fighter Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod flew its last mission yesterday. A commemorative flight of two F-15 Eagles marked the occasion.

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Pentagon officials decided to realign the base in 2005, shifting operations at Otis to interpreting intelligence gathered in the Middle East and moving the fighter wing to Barnes Municipal Airport Air Guard Station in Westfield.

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On Sept. 11, 2001, pilots were alerted to a possible hijacking.

"They scrambled into the clear, blue Cape Cod sky to New York, to a scene none of us could have imagined," Schiavi said.

More:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/25/otis_sees_its_last_landing/

[ret5hd]

4. I would hardly describe taking 45 or so minutes as "scrambled"

just sayin'.