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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B Read more: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B - Dayton Business Journal

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B Read more: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B – Dayton Business Journal [...]

Rep. Turner Congratulates Rep. Wilson on Defeating Effort to Shut Ohio Out of Shuttle Contest

Congressman Mike Turner congratulated Congressman Charlie Wilson (OH-6) for his successful effort to delete language that would have directed NASA to give preference to Texas and Florida locations when placing decommissioned space shuttles after the program [...]

National Defense Authorization Act Good for Regional Economy and National Security

This year’s approval of the National Defense Authorization Act by the House of Representatives included several victories for southwest Ohio and for America’s [...]

Turner Floor Statement of the National Defense Authorization Act

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, the top Republican on the Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following prepared remarks for Floor consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2011:

“I thank the gentleman from California, Mr. McKeon, and the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Skelton, for their leadership in guiding this bill [...]

Supporting UAV Development Critical to Southwest Ohio

The House Armed Services Committee recently passed the Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contained numerous provisions that will benefit and support regional initiatives in southwest [...]

Air Force Institute of Technology Gets Backing for Expanded Civilian Offerings

This week I secured passage of a measure, by the House Armed Services Committee, that will allow the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to begin offering educational opportunities to larger numbers of civilian [...]

Rep. Turner, Senators Voinovich and Brown lead delegation efforts to secure retired NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter for NMUSAF

U.S. Congressman Mike Turner and Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and George Voinovich authored a letter signed by the entire Ohio Congressional Delegation to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to expressing continued strong support for the transfer of a retired space shuttle orbiter at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force [...]

Turner Delivers $300,000 for Job Training Assistance Programs to Support Wright-Patterson AFB

U.S. Representative Mike Turner today held a news conference to announce $300,000 in federal funding he helped secure for the Dayton Area Defense Contractors Association (DaytonDefense) to establish the Wright Center for Workforce [...]

Turner Meets with NASA Administrator; Writes Letter in Support of Retired Space Shuttle Orbiter at Air Force Museum

Congressman Michael Turner has sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Charles F. Bolden reiterating his support of the space agency assigning a retired space shuttle orbiter for public display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, [...]

250 jobs may come with aerospace medicine school deal

Six new contracts awarded to a Fairborn company and five other contractors will generate jobs for doctors, nurses, molecular biologists, laboratory technicians and other specialists over the next five years in support of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, which is relocating to Wright-Patterson Air Force [...]