[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 29, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1580-E1581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 29, 2008

  Mr. SHAYS. Madam Speaker, in compliance with Republican Conference 
earmark disclosure requirements, I would like to submit the following 
statement for the Record.

   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill.
   Account: Military Construction/VA; Department of Defense; Air 
National Guard.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Connecticut Air National Guard 
located at Bradley International Airport, Connecticut.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Bradley International Airport, 
Schoephoester Road, Windsor Locks, CT 06096.
  Description of Request: Along with the entire Connecticut House 
Congressional delegation, I received a $7,200,000 earmark for 
construction of an engine shop at Bradley International Airport to 
support the unit's assigned mission of providing an engine Centralized 
Immediate Repair Facility capability and also provide the capability 
for a Joint Cargo beddown. The engines maintained will support the 
mission operations of A-10 aircraft equipped units in the Air Force and 
the Air National Guard.

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  Federal funding will be used to construct the new engine facility, 
which is required to support 78 PAA equivalents, in addition to parts 
storage, additional engine storage, shipping and receiving, personnel 
training and administrative support areas.
  The current facility lacks adequate space and engine docks to conduct 
intermediate engine repair. It does not have adequate parts storage 
areas, shipping and receiving capabilities and administrative and 
training areas for the increased manpower necessary to handle the over 
3-fold increase in assigned workload. The existing facility also lacks 
adequate parking and existing base road violates the anti-terrorist 
force protection standoff requirements.

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