Terceira: More than 400 military personnel and 500 family members to leave Lajes – Azores
More than 400 military personnel and 500 family members will leave Lajes Air Field, on Terceira island, Azores, by the end of fiscal 2014, the U.S. Air Force announced Thursday.
According to a U.S. Air Force news release, the Defense Department Dependents School at Lajes Field will be closed and other services will be reduced for airmen on one-year unaccompanied tours.
“We expect all families to depart by summer 2014 or shortly thereafter,” Col. Chris Bargery, 65th Air Base Wing commander, said in the release.
The U.S. decision will reduce to about 10% of the current number of personnel at the facility. The decision could have a significant economic impact over job losses on the island.
Last month, the United States Government informed the Portuguese Government that the U.S. Air Force has already ratified a proposal to significantly reduce its military presence at the Lajes Air Field.
The Lajes Air Field, the second largest employer on the island, employs about 700 tenured Portuguese workers and nearly 90 short-term workers.
The cutbacks are part of a global U.S. Department of Defense belt-tightening policy due to budget constraints, as part of a wider $500 USD billion reduction in U.S. military spending.
Activated in 1943, the Lajes Air Field is located on the northeast tip of Terceira Island. It is home to the 65th Air Base Wing and U.S. Forces Azores providing logistics support for more than 3,000 aircraft, including fighters from the United States and 20 allied nations.
The Azores (population 250,000) became an Autonomous Region of Portugal in 1976. The government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores includes the Legislative Assembly, composed of 57 elected deputies, elected by universal suffrage for a four-year term; the Regional Government and Presidency, with parliamentary legitimacy, composed of a President, a Vice-President and seven Regional Secretaries responsible for the Regional Government executive operations. The Autonomous Region of the Azores is represented in the Council of Ministers.
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