April 2007: Dispatches
PORTLAND — The sun has been setting on the 939th Air
Refueling Wing for more than a year but, similar to
Daylight Savings Time, the move sprang ahead a bit. Instead of
closing at the end of September 2010, Air Force Reserve Command
officials announced the wing would close in June 2008. In the
meantime, a second reduction in force means 340 employees have
to start looking for new jobs sooner than previously expected.
In 2006, Portland’s Air Force Reserve wing relocated all
eight of its KC-135 refueling aircraft in conjunction with the
Base Realignment and Closure Commission’s order of
November 2005.
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