THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, February 7, 1997 TAG: 9702071021
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A1 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: 45 lines
* 2.8 percent pay increase for uniformed personnel and civilian
employees of the Defense Department.
* 11,000 uniformed positions in the Navy and 10,000 in the Air
Force to be eliminated during 1998. Geographic location of cuts
undetermined.
* Fleet to shrink by eight ships, from 354 to 346; additional cut
of 11 ships projected for 1999.
* $2.6 billion for construction of the first of a series of new
attack submarines to be built by Newport News Shipbuilding and
Electric Boat of Groton, Conn.
* $18 million for research and development for CVN-77 aircraft
carrier, scheduled for construction at Newport News Shipbuilding
beginning in 2002.
* $185 million for research and development for a new class of
aircraft carriers to follow CVN-77.
* $2.8 billion for purchase of three additional Arleigh Burke
class destroyers.
* $2.2 billion for purchase of an additional 20 F/A-18 ``Super
Hornet'' fighter jets for the Navy.
* $2.1 billion for continued development of the F-22 stealth
fighter for the Air Force.
* $103 million for continued development of the ``arsenal ship,''
a new class of warship with 500 or more missile tubes.
DEFENSE SPENDING IN THE AREA
Graphic
[Map showing where each of the military bases is located in Hampton
Roads]
[details specific military base, dollar amount and the construction
project to be completed with the money at each base]
[For complete copy, see microfilm]
KEYWORDS: 1998 PROPOSED DEFENSE BUDGET MILITARY BASE
HAMPTON ROADS CONSTRUCTION U.S. NAVY NAVY BASE