Community Input - Presentation with CD - Presented for the 110th Fighter Wing and Battle Creek ANG Base 29 July 2005 Page: 2 of 155
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An Activity of the W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
300 South Westnedge Avenue e Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007-4686 e U.S.A.
Telephone (269) 343-5541 e FAX (269) 342-0672
Evaluation of the
Air Force's Determination of the Military Value of
the W.K. Kellogg Air Guard Station and the
Potential Cost Savings Generated by its Closing.
George A. Erickcek
Senior Regional Analyst
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
July 26, 2005
This final report has been updated and revised based on new information.
Please disregard all previously dated reports. In addition, I wish to
4:i0 acknowledge and thank the staff of the W.K. Kellogg Air Guard Station for
their excellence assistance and patience. This report could not have been
completed without their assistance. Of course I take full responsibility for
any remaining errors and omissions contained in the report.
Executive Summary
This is an evaluation of the methodology used by the Air Force in determining the
military value of the W.KL. Kellogg Air Guard Station and in estimating the potential
costs savings generated by its proposed closing.
Loss of Future Mission Capability
Our findings show that if the Air Force closes the W.K. Kellogg Air Guard Station, it
would lose a highly effective mission ready fighter wing, which could take up to five
years to rebuild. The 110th fighter wing earned the best average Fully Mission Capable
(FMC) rate of the six A-10 bases during the past 10 years. Its crews have logged more
flight hours than any other A-10 unit in the last eight years (Appendix B, Slides 25 - 26).
The proposed closure of the 110th Fighter Wing and movement of the A-10 aircraft to
Selfridge will cause the new A-10 squadron to "drop to the lowest combat ready status
and be a non-deployable unit for at least 3 to 5 years, depending on the availability of
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