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amrodr00 t1_ivetvev wrote

It is said that because of this, Nixon retaliated against MA and closed Westover AFB and Springfield Armory.

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3720-To-One t1_ivgc138 wrote

Republicans sure do love doing things to hurt people out of spite.

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atmc80 t1_ivffz8b wrote

I was just going to post this. Major hit to the Springfield metro. Both installations had a significant economic impact on areas like Chicopee, Springfield and even Holyoke that was never replaced.

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dirkvonnegut t1_ivheg4v wrote

It would be nice if politicians actually did things and added value rather than just attacking opponents. This is especially shameful because it hurt citizens, not politicians.

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HillsSt t1_ivifnwm wrote

Nixon deactivated Otis AFB on the Cape, major hit to the economy around Bourne between Labor Day and Memorial Day. Not sure about Westover. Otis is National Guard, I think Westover is too now.

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Tanarin t1_ivn8dx5 wrote

>Nixon deactivated Otis AFB on the Cape, major hit to the economy around Bourne between Labor Day and Memorial Day. Not sure about Westover. Otis is National Guard, I think Westover is too now.

Westover is Air Reserve not ANG. Still is very much used not only for C-5 repairs, but any operation going into or out of Europe or the Middle East. Also was a shuttle emergency landing site (Since it has a runway long and strong enough to support such a craft landing.)

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Tacoman404 t1_iviiigw wrote

Westover is still an active reserve base. The armory, IDK but it's now it's a community college so not all was lost.

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Tanarin t1_ivn8iuu wrote

>Westover is still an active reserve base. The armory, IDK but it's now it's a community college so not all was lost.

Yeah, the Armory is a National Historic Site along with having STCC.

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Tacoman404 t1_ivo4fru wrote

The armory used to be the entire campus. The museum is in that one building at the end. It’s pretty cool though.

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Graywulff t1_ivk1vi3 wrote

He closed a lot of stuff in Rhode Island too and I was always told it was bc ri voted against him. It seems that was wrong.

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