European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes june 2007 Navy moving epicentre closer to fight Scott and stripes members of Marine corps Security Force company Europe storm a room during a training in 2005 at naval station from Page 3 the three other remaining hubs Forward logistical sup port bases in Spain Simonel Italy and Souda Crete primarily support airborne and seaborne Craft bringing troops and Materiel into and out of the navys Mediterranean based the the arc of instability includes thousands of Miles of lands plagued with unstable poverty and Dis proportionate numbers of unemployed Young men features that strategists say could fuel terrorist and ant Western Active one ongoing Navy program to mitigate those problems is per formed in the Gulf of part of the Atlantic Ocean that tucked into Africa Western forces work there with troops from Sene Gal and other then theres the newly forming Africa or based for now in Ger the command that will oversee military activities in Afri Ca is scheduled to go partially operational in october and be up to full Speed a year current Forward logistical support hubs Are located in and Souda Crete Mooney said Nav eur is await ing word from the new command and others on what  need from the All the bases will have some magnitude of Mooney they wont All result in some will have an expanded the number of Active duty ser Vic members assigned to Navy Europe has been Cut from in 2003 to about fur ther but smaller reductions can be expected with the closing of installations such As naval support activity la but the final look of the Navy in Europe might never be Mooney its an evolving he it has been for Many years and will continue to email Charlie Coon at  Sandra and stripes sailors from explosive ordnance disposal Mobile unit 8 and hc4 Squadron out of naval air station practice rappelling from a super stallion in february of change while the army the air Force trims air bases in Europe from 25 to 5 current main operating bases Ramstein air Germany Span Dahlem air Germany Aviano air Italy Raf England Raf England cold War Safe bases around the Mediterraneo Slbil Aviano a i Zaragoza a n1 Yaj Ottaly hellenic Nab m Ankara As cold War Safe bases in Germany and Peter and stripes Peru and stripes Peter and stripes air from Page 3 Safe Headquarters offices will see the big Gest the air Force plans to shift some jobs from the european command and Pacific air Force to a Central command personnel and civil engineering jobs Are among those to be consolidated at the Centrallo Hobbins said those changes will happen in the next two but the Headquarters has already begun preparing for the one of the top priorities As part of the services future transformation is to replace old cargo planes that have become costly to Fly and main the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein air for has planes that entered service when John Kennedy was these aging air planes that Cost us a lot of Money to maintain have to go Hobbins the air Force plans to replace the c130e her Cules transport planes in Europe with the new j models in Between 12 and 16 of the new which Fly farther and Are designed to be More Are to be based on the Hobbins a consortium of nato allies wants to buy c17 Globe master Iii cargo planes to be based at Ramstein air the four engine Jet can travel Miles without refuelling and has been a Workhorse supplying troops and supplies in Afghanistan and although details have not been worked its possible the planes could have aircrews from a mixture of Allied including the United Mcdaniel in addition to modernizing the the air Force is in the midst of overhauling housing for airmen and their families in it is build ing hundreds of townhouse style Homes in the United kingdom and the air Force is demolishing its 1950sera stairwell apartments and constructing larger houses with garages and nicer but fewer airmen will be living on base As a re in the next several More airmen and their families will be living off Hobbins said it is cheaper to pay for airmen to live on the Economy in places such As Germany than it is to House service members on most airmen and their families prefer to live off Hobbins email Scott Schonauer at