Sen. Heinrich Secures Over $15M to Improve Wildfire Response Capabilities at Kirtland Air Force Base
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for Military Construction, secured the approval of over $15 million for the Cibola National Forest Air Tanker Base (ATB) on Kirtland Air Force Base to upgrade facilitates to allow the use of Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs) to fight wildfires. Senator Heinrich secured this fund . . .
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for Military Construction, secured the approval of over $15 million for the Cibola National Forest Air Tanker Base (ATB) on Kirtland Air Force Base to upgrade facilitates to allow the use of Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs) to fight wildfires. Senator Heinrich secured this fund . . .