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Armed Service committee restricts Air Force use of divert money

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Armed Service Subcommittee on Readiness is drafting a Defense budget with provisions that restrict the U.S. Air Force from acquiring land in the CNMI for a divert airfield until some Congressional oversight. The draft Fiscal year 2017 National...
Posted On Apr 25 2016 06:06
, By Dennis B. Chan

The vulnerable state of the Marianas

The National Interest magazine published a Feb. 26, 2016 article “Revealed: America’s Backup Plan in Case of War with China” which talks about the Chinese and U.S. militaries, but fails to provide enough information to readers about the Chamorro and Chamolinian people of the...
Posted On Mar 02 2016 06:00
, By Contributing Author

Air Force wants $9M for divert airfield lease

The Department of Defense needs some $9 million to lease or purchase 7.1 hectares of land in the Commonwealth as part of their planned divert airfield activities in the NMI, according to an U.S. Air Force fiscal year 2017 budget request package sent to U.S. Congress this month....
Posted On Feb 16 2016 06:06
, By Dennis B. Chan

Defense ‘diverts’ to Tinian

The U.S. Department of Defense has selected Tinian as the preferred alternative for a divert airfield project in the CNMI. This follows years of protracted consultation with the local government, business community, and a environmental review process that prompted the U.S. Air...
Posted On Feb 12 2016 06:06
, By Dennis B. Chan
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