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The proposed closings also would accelerate a trend of the last 40 years that has stripped most military bases from the Northeast.
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Among the proposed closures are the 911th Military Airlift Wing adjacent to Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon, the Charles E. Kelly Support Facility in Collier and the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron in Johnstown. The Army's 99th Regional Readiness Command in Moon would not be closed, but would lose more than 200 jobs.
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The biggest base closure recommended for Pennsylvania is the naval air station at Willow Grove, Montgomery County, which would cost 865 military and 362 civilian jobs. Other state installations slated for closure are the Engineering Field Activity Northeast in Bristol, Bucks County; the Navy Crane Center in Lester, Delaware County; the Navy-Marine Corps reserve center in Reading; and Army reserve centers in Norristown, Scranton, Bloomsburg, Williamsport and Chester.
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Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said he was "saddened" by the base commission recommendations.