Clean-up efforts at the former Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, Tex., are 69 percent done, the San Antonio Business Journal reports. Kelly’s shallow groundwater area is contaminated with a chemical called trichloroethylene that was used to clean and degrease aircraft parts, but the newspaper says there is “no evidence” of community exposure to contaminants from Kelly. Still, the Air Force has set aside $5 million for public heath funding and is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to “address issues associated with the clean-up process.
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department needs to upgrade its electronic warfare capability and its EW training ranges; just as his predecessor said at his own confirmation hearing.