In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, state lawmakers worked to shore up Tennessee’s disaster preparedness by fighting the Pentagon's attempt to dismantle the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Airlift Wing. Eighteen Middle Tennessee legislators today filed papers in U.S. District Court in support of Governor Bredesen’s lawsuit to keep t [...]
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Lawmakers Support Ongoing Preparedness
Friday, September 2nd, 2005Frist Fails Tennessee, Helps South Dakota
Sunday, August 28th, 2005U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist failed to persuade the Pentagon from dismantling the Tennessee Air National Guard's 118th Airlift Wing — but he did somehow manage to help South Dakota protect its Ellsworth Air Force Base. On August 26, the federal base closure commission v [...]
Governor Fights to Keep Air National Guard in Tennessee
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005On August 17, Governor Phil Bredesen said he will go to court to block the federal government's attempt to relocate the Tennessee Air National Guard's 118th Airlift Wing in Nashville to sites in Kentucky, Illinois and Texas. Federal law says a guard unit cannot be relocated or with [...]
