Air Force Re-Affirms Commitment to Three Depot Strategy
Scott thanks Gen. McMahon for Service to Robins AFB

Washington, D.C. – During a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee today, Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) secured yet another affirmation, this time from Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, that the Air Force remains committed to a three depot strategy.  Rep. Scott also took advantage of the Secretary’s appearance to thank Maj. Gen. Robert H. McMahon, Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, who plans to retire later this year.  An excerpt from Rep. Scott’s and Sec. Donley’s exchange is below.  Click on the image to view the full exchange:

Rep. Scott: “In dealing with the forced structured changes that you’ve proposed to us, as you know, I represent Robins AFB and obviously the depots are extremely important to us.  I’d like you to speak to the potential loss of qualified workforce and how much greater that loss may be because of the pace at which the cuts have to be made.”

Sec. Donley: “Certainly we value all three depots and our intent is to move forward with the three depot strategy.  We think it would be a very costly and complex operation to consider changing that and I think there would be a penalty paid in trying to move, or recreate, the workforces that have built-up around these three depots.”

Rep. Scott on Gen. McMahon:  “Thank you, and you have a wonderful gentleman in Robins right now, Gen. McMahon, that’s going to be retiring.  He has done an excellent job of maximizing the performance at that base.  There are a lot of great men and women out there supporting the warfighter.”

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