DUCKWORTH, DURBIN, BUDZINSKI CALL FOR REPLACEMENT MISSION FOR 183RD WING IN SPRINGFIELD FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT OF PLANNED DEACTIVATION OF THE WING'S REPAIR FACILITY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

[SPRINGFIELD, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink and the National Guard Bureau Director General Steven Nordhaus urging the leaders to establish a new Air Operations Group at the 183rd Wing in Springfield, Illinois, following the July announcement that the 183rd Wing's Central Repair Facility (CRF) would be deactivated in the spring of 2027.

"We write regarding the troubling decision to deactivate the Central Repair Facility (CRF) mission at the 183rd Wing in Springfield, Illinois, without...