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Department of Air Force Has 20 Percent More Infrastructure Than Needed, Official Says

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Department of Air Force Has 20 Percent More Infrastructure Than Needed, Official Says
"Developers are building an eight million square-foot building, the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park at Hill AFB, Utah, to replace World War II-era buildings," the Department of the Air Force said. "The park will include office space, hotels and restaurants and is the largest commercial real estate EUL [Enhanced Use Lease] development in the Department of Defense" (Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park Photo)

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has 20 percent more infrastructure, including bases, than needed, a department official said on Wednesday. "Fact--we probably have about 20 percent more infrastructure than we need for our Air Force right now, and Congress currently does not allow us or there's no discussion of a BRAC to reduce these installations," Ravi Chaudhary, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations, and environment, told an Air & Space Forces Association virtual forum.…

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