Air Force Reserve: Congress blocks movement of planes, not people, for Fort Bragg's 440th

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Air Force Reserve: Congress blocks movement of planes, not people, for Fort Bragg's 440th
Posted: Friday, February 20, 2015 4:02 pm | Updated: 8:10 am, Sat Feb 21, 2015.
By Drew Brooks

Air Force Reserve leaders are drawing a clear line between planes and personnel in response to local outrage over the impending inactivation of the 440th Airlift Wing.

A spokesman for the three-star command headquartered at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, said officials were taking "no actions prohibited by law" as they met with airmen at Fort Bragg's Pope Field on Friday.

A team from Air Force Reserve Command will help open a clearing house for most of the 440th's 1,200 airmen, said spokesman Col. Robert Palmer.

Palmer said the clearing house is not a nefarious plot to shutter the unit, but an effort to help airmen find new jobs.