WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall issued the following press release:
Topeka-U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), praised the Air National Guard's decision to identify Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka as one of four candidate locations for its next KC-46A Pegasus mission.
"This is great news for Kansas and well-deserved recognition of the men and women of the 190th Air Refueling Wing,"said Senator Marshall. "Forbes Field has the infrastructure, the experience and, most importantly, the outstanding Airmen needed to take on this next-generation mission."
The Secretary of the Air Force approved Forbes Field, along with Bangor Air National Guard Base in Maine, Key Field Air National Guard Base in Mississippi, a...