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WASHINGTON (AP) — With Kelly
Air Force Base closing its doors next
month, many other Texas communities
with military installations are wondering
if their bases, posts and depots could share
a similar fate.
Those who have watched lexas’ military
presence diminish from its Vietnam War
heyday are squirming. While few think the
state is immune from future closures and
cutbacks, some say there is room for mili
tary growth in the state.
Recent examples include a proposal to
consolidate the Air Force’s B-l bomber
operations in Kansas and Georgia and
move some of them to Dyess Air Force
Base in Abilene. Meanwhile, the Navy has
said South Texas is under consideration as
a site for naval bombing training exercises
now conducted on the Puerto Rican island
of Vieques.
“Texas has some unique opportunities for
the military to maintain and consolidate new
missions into Texas,” said Bill Ehrlie, chair
man of the Texas Defense, Aviation and
Aerospace Alliance. “There are some attrib
utes the state has regarding geography, air,
space, land use, environmental, all of which
are very favorable to the state. On the other
hand some of the other states have similar
circumstances and situations.”
The alliance is a volunteer group advo
cating Texas’ military, commercial and gen
eral aviation and aerospace industries.
Texas’ geography, terrain and weather
conditions have made it a logical place for
military posts throughout history, said
Joseph Dawson, a Texas A&M history pro
fessor and former director of its Military
Science Institute.
“As the military expanded, especially af
ter World War II, Texas presented a near
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more hard hit, Dawson said.
Fort Flood in Central Texas is the nation’s
only Army post capable of supporting two
full armored divisions. Community leaders
wince at renewed talk of Pentagon cutbacks.
“Any time BRAC (Base Realignment and
Closure) is mentioned, Killeen, with its de
pendency on the military, takes a deep
breath,” said Roy Wolfe, president of the
Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce.
One of the Texas military’s strongest al
lies in Congress is Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchi
son, who has said she would not support an
other round of base closings until the
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SARIN TAHTA, Lebanon
(AP) — Israeli warplanes struck
a Syrian military radar station in
Lebanon on Sunday, wounding
three people, as the government
of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
aimed to punish Syria for
Hezbollah guerrilla action.
Hezbollah quickly responded
to the raid, firing rockets and
mortars Sunday at Israeli mili
tary positions in disputed terri
tory along the Israeli-Lebanese
border. Israeli artillery fired
back, wounding a farmer,
Lebanese officials said.
This was the second time Is
rael has targeted Syria’s presence
in Lebanon in retaliation for a
significant Hezbollah operation
since Sharon came to office this
year.
Sunday’s tit-for-tat attacks
marked a sharp escalation along
the border, which has generally
been quiet since the withdrawal
of Israeli troops from southern
Lebanon in May 2000, except
for incidents over a still-contest
ed corner of the boundary.
Two Israeli fighter jets fired
two missiles at the Syrian radar
position in Sarin Tahta village
on the main road between the
towns of Zahle and Baalbek
around noon Sunday. Israel said
the strike was in retaliation for
Hezbollah fire that injured two
Israelis on Friday night.
“It’s been destroyed,” said a
Syrian soldier, armed with an
AK-47 assault rifle, as he stood
guard about 200 yards from the
targeted position. He would
not give his name, journalists
were not allowed to get any
closer to the site, so his claim
could not be verified.
Two Syrian soldiers were
wounded in the air raid,
Lebanese security officials said.
Syrian soldiers on the scene said
their comrades suffered shrap
nel injuries to the arms and legs.
A Lebanese soldier was also
wounded, a Lebanese military
official said. The soldier was
hurt while standing guard at an
adjacent position, according to a
witness.
The Sarin Tahta radar is one
of many radar, tank and anti-air
craft positions that the Syrian
army maintains in Lebanon. Syr
ia has had a force of some 2 5,000
troops in Lebanon since 1976.
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House spokesman Scott Stanzel
said the State Department was
in contact with all sides and was
“urging the parties to exercise
maximum restraint.”
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