Levin Statement on Recommended Changes to Air National Guard Budget

U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement regarding Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s recommendation to retain funding in the Air National Guard budget for 24 C-130s:

“Sec. Panetta’s recommended changes to the Air National Guard budget would retain overall funding for 24 C-130s and 2,200 personnel that were scheduled to be cut.  This is a positive step in the battle for equitable treatment of the Guard, and I look forward to pressing the case that C-130s should be based at Selfridge, just as they were prior to the 2005 BRAC round.”