| | Redeveloping bases: The biggest factor is location, experts say - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The vote to close Loring Air Force Base came in 1991, the same year the flag was lowered for the last time at New Hampshire's Pease Air Force Base, a victim of the previous round of military base closings. |
 | | Now called Pease International Tradeport, the former base now boasts 5,500 jobs, five times the number of civilian jobs it had when it was an Air Force base. |
 | | When the Base Realignment and Closure Commission begins casting final votes on Wednesday, supporters of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Brunswick Naval Air Station can take heart in the knowledge that both oceanfront sites are considered desirable for redevelopment. |
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