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Chairman: DOD FY2025 spend plan funds Youngstown Air Reserve fire station after witness plea
Summary
A witness told the House appropriations subcommittee that Youngstown Air Force Reserve Station (YARS) needs a new fire station to protect C-130J assets and 1,500 employees; the chairman announced the Department of Defense FY2025 spend plan includes funding for the fire station.
A witness appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs urged the panel to press the Defense Department to release funds for a replacement fire station at Youngstown Air Force Reserve Station (YARS), and the committee chairman reported that the DOD’s fiscal 2025 spend plan includes funding for the project.
The witness described YARS as an employment hub that serves northeast Ohio and surrounding regions and said the base is home to the C-130 family of aircraft — including three current C-130Js and plans for nine to 10 total — and more than 1,500 employees. The witness said the C-130J is “about a hundred million dollars”…
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