Land Grab at March Stirs Hornets Nest: The City of Riverside, Calif., would like to siphon off some 4,300 acres that is part of the former March Air Force Base and the news doesn’t sit well with the other communities that make up the March Joint Powers Authority, according to KCAL 9 TV and Associated Press news service. There is no mention of whether the plan would affect the Air Force Reserve Command or Air National Guard units that reside on what is now called March Air Reserve Base.
The U.K. and the U.S. will continue to enjoy access to the ports, airfield, and workshops at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for at least another century, under a deal inked between the U.K. and Mauritius May 22.