Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Co.) has been worrying about encroachment issues at Buckley, Peterson, and Schriever Air Force Bases in Colorado, declaring earlier this week that “development has come in and essentially encapsulated the perimeters of the bases,” according to The Gazette. Salazar managed to get legislation in the 2008 defense authorization bill that would require DOD to “address the military installation encroachment problem” and provide a report by March 1. The bill still has to pass a House and Senate conference. And, the Senate version of the 2008 defense spending bill includes $20 million of the $50 million Salazar had proposed for a Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to help curb encroachment. Salazar has met with Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne to discuss remedies that might currently exist. As The Gazette reports, he believes, “We need to be much more active in making sure that we are guarding these golden nuggets of Colorado.”
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…