Norcross, Menendez Lead Delegation Support for Expanded Mission of NJ Air Guard`s 177th Fighter Wing
(WorldNews Europe)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Representative Donald Norcross, the highest-ranking member of the New Jersey delegation on the House Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez led the entire New Jersey congressional delegation today in urging the U.S. Air Force to consider the New Jersey Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing to become the new home base for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Air Force is set to announce its next round of basing decisions, and it is anticipated that Air National Guard Fighter Wings will be part of that selection process. `The 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township at the Atlantic City International Airport is strategically situated halfway between...