While there are doubtless many reasons, logistical and strategic, that Davis-Monthan was chosen for this new mission, we believe that the carefully cultivated and long-nurtured relationship between city and base has to be a big factor as well.
As the Arizona Daily Star’s David Wichner reported last week, the Air Force has selected Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to host a major new endeavor — a Special Operations Command Wing that’s a key component of the Air Force’s “power projection” strategy.
The new lineup will include multiple MC-130J squadrons. The MC-130J is based on the enormous workhorse C-130 Hercules transport. Also arriving will be a squadron of the new OA-1K Armed Overwatch aircraft. Interestingly, it appears that climate change may have played a role in the Air Force decision to locate the new wing at D-M. Several of its component units will be moving from Hurlburt Field in the Florida Panhandle — to protect them from the worsening threat of hurricanes that hit the Gulf of Mexico each year.
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