this presently contained in a very substandard T/O type building. The facility contained in this request will fill the base requirement for an armament electronics shop.

The next item will provide additional ammunition storage capability for the Strategic Air Command mission.

The last item will provide utility support for the new alert area. In addition, authorization is requested for construction of 200 units of family housing with private capital under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as amended.

The next base to be considered is Laughlin Air Force Base located 7 miles east of Del Rio, Tex. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command strategic reconnaissance mission. The total program requested for Laughlin amounts to $897,000. It consists of three items.

The first item is an instrument landing facility which will increase the all-weather capability of this base.

The next item is an armament electronics shop. The requirement for this shop is 28,181 square feet. There exists 18,365 square feet in 3 temporary type facilities which are very unsuitable for maintenance of armaments and electronic equipment. The provisions of this request will satisfy the requirement for this function.

The next item is an addition to the service club. The requirement for a service club at Laughlin is 19,800 square feet. The existing facility is only 8,100 square feet. This request is necessary to satisfy the requirement.

The next installation to be included is Lincoln Air Force Base. It is located 3 miles north-northwest of Lincoln, Nebr. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command medium bomb mission and other Strategic Air Command and Military Air Transport Service activities. The program requested for Lincoln totals $4,250,000. This program consists of the following items:

The first item is an overrun for both ends of the primary instrument runway. Existing overruns are of graded material and unsurfaced. The next item is an operational alert item which is required for parking of alert aircraft.

The next item is a Rapcon center for air traffic control of aircraft in the area under all-weather conditions.

The next item will provide approach lights on the south end of the instrument runway. Existing approach lights do not provide the desired visibility for high speed, low approach, jet-type aircraft.

The next item is a ready alert crew building to provide shelter for Strategic Air Command crews on continuous alert.

The next item is an aircraft engine inspection and repair shop. The requirement for this facility at Lincoln is 37,960 square feet. This function is now being performed in an old hangar which has deteriorated to the extent that wooden roof trusses have failed and are now being literally propped up to prevent complete collapse. The facility requested will provide an increment toward satisfying this overall deficiency. The next item provides additional ammunition storage capability for the Strategic Air Command unit.

The last item provides utilities support for the new Strategic Air Command alert area.

In addition, authorization is requested for construction of 600 units of family housing with private capital under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as amended.

The next location is Little Rock Air Force Base located 5 miles north-northwest of Jacksonville, Ark. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command medium bomb mission and other Strategic Air Command and Military Air Transport Service activities. The program requested for Little Rock is $3,463,000 and consists of the following items.

The first item is an operational alert apron for the parking of the Strategic Air Command aircraft.

The next item is a ready alert crew building sited near the alert apron to provide shelter for the crews during their alert tour. The next item is for the provision of additional ammunition storage capability for the Strategic Air Command mission.

The last item provides utilities support for the alert area.

The next installation to be considered is Lockbourne Air Force Base located 2 miles east of Lockbourne, Ohio. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command medium bomb mission, Air Defense Command fighter unit and other Strategic Air Command and Military Air Transport Service activities. The program requested for Lockbourne totals $11,716,000. This program consists of the following items:

The first item will provide a new primary instrument runway 12,100 feet long and 200 feet wide of heavy duty pavement. This runway will be constructed parallel to the existing runway. The pavement on the existing runway is failing under B-47 traffic and without the provision of the requested new runway, considerable sums of money would have to be spent to rehabilitate the existing runway. However, the new parallel runway will be utilized for alert aircraft and the other runway for normal base activities.

The next item will provide four aircraft shelters to cover eight Air Defense Command type aircraft. These shelters are necessary to maintain such aircraft in an operational ready condition at all times.

The next item will provide additional ammunition storage capability for the Strategic Air Command mission.

The next item will permit the purchase of land which is necessary for the construction of the runway.

The last item will permit the attainment of clearance easements on both ends of the new runway.

In addition, authorization is requested for construction of 400 units of family housing with private capital under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as amended.

The next installation to be considered is Loring Air Force Base. It is located 4 miles northwest of Limestone, Maine. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command heavy-bomb mission, an Air Defense Command fighter mission, and other Strategic Air Command and Military Air Transports Service activities. The program requested for Loring amounts to $3,774,000. It consists of the following items:

The first item will provide for the paving of a 1,000-foot overrun on both ends of the runway. This is a requirement for flying safety. The next item will provide approach lights on the north end of the

instrument runway. The existing lights do not provide the desired visibility for high-speeds low-approach jet-type aircraft.

The next item is a ready alert crew building which will provide personnel cover for Strategic Air Command crews on continuous alert duty.

The next item is a utility item which will provide utilities to the Air Defense Command fighter unit area complex.

The second utility item will provide support for the Strategic Air Command alert area.

The last item will provide an addition to the heating plant. The heating requirement for Loring totals 12,360 horsepower. The existing plant contains only 8,240 horsepower. The facility requested will fill the deficiency which has been brought about by projects added to Loring through the fiscal year 1957, 1958, and 1959 military construction programs.

The next installation to be considered is Malmstrom Air Force Base. It is located 5 miles east of Great Falls, Mont. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command tanker mission, an Air Defense Command fighter mission, and other Strategic Air Command, Air Defense Command, and Military Air Transport Service activities. The total program requested for Malmstrom amounts to $1,832,000. It includes the following items:

The first item will provide overruns for the primary instrument runway. These overruns will be paved and will be on both ends of the runway.

The next item is an instrument landing system facility which will provide added all-weather operational capability at Malmstrom.

The next item will provide new approach lights on the instrument end of the primary runway. Existing lights do not provide the desired visibility for high-speed low-approach jet-type aircraft which will be using Malmstrom Air Force Base.

The next item is a refueling vehicle shop. Thirty-two refueling vehicles are scheduled for assignment to Malmstrom. The building of 3,500 square feet is necessary for the maintenance and repair of these vehicles. Nothing exists at Malmstrom which will satisfy this requirement.

The next item is a ground-powered equipment shop: 5,000 square feet is necessary to provide maintenance for the 234 pieces of groundpowered equipment planned for Malmstrom Air Force Base. There is nothing existing which can be used to satisfy this requirement.

The next item is additional avgas bulk storage. The storage requirement at Malmstrom is 61,360 barrels; 36,360 barrels are currently on hand. The 25,000 barrels in this request will satisfy the existing deficiency.

The next item is an airman dining hall. Malmstrom Air Force Base has a requirement for 2,415 spaces; 1,230 spaces presently exist. The 800 spaces contained in this request will provide an increment toward eventual satisfaction of the total requirement.

The last item will provide electrical power outlets in the Air Defense Command field maintenance hangar for the assigned Air Defense Command fighter units. These outlets are necessary for routine scheduled maintenance of century-series type fighter aircraft.

In addition, authorization is requested for constructin of 150 units of family housing with private capital under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as amended.

This bill also amends Public Law 968-84 to provide an additional $140,000 in authorization to correct increased costs on projects approved by that law.

The next location to be considered is March Air Force Base located approximately 9 miles southeast of Riverside, Calif. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command medium bomb mission and other Strategic Air Command and Military Air Transport Service activities. The total program being requested is $3,344,000. Included in this program are the following:

The first item is an operational alert apron for Strategic Air Command alert area.

The next item is a ready alert crew building to accommodate Strategic Air Command combat crews on alert status.

The next item will provide additional ammunition storage for the Strategic Air Command mission.

The next item furnishes utilities support for the new Strategic Air Command alert area.

The last item will permit the procurement of land to maintain the necessary safety distance clearance around alert aircraft.

In addition, authorization is requested for the acquisition of 644 units of Wherry housing.

The next location to be considered is Mountain Home Air Force Base situated approximately 10 miles southwest of Mountain Home, Idaho. The planned use of this base is for a Strategic Air Command medium bomb mission and other Strategic Air Command and Military Air Transport Service activities. The program requested for Mountain Home totals $1,039,000. It consists of three items as follows:

The first item is for a rapcon control center which is required for the control of air traffic in the area under all-weather conditions. The next item is an ammunition storage magazine to provide additional ammunition storage capability for the Strategic Air Command

mission.

The last item is a service club. This facility, which is necessary for the assigned airmen, should be approximately 20,000 square feet in size. Currently 12,280 square feet exists at Mountain Home and this space is provided through the use of a substandard mobilization-type structure. It has deteriorated to the point that it is not considered economical for rehabilitation. The facility contained in this request will substantially satisfy the service club requirements for Mountain Home.

In addition, authorization is requested for construction of 270 units of family housing with private capital under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as amended.

This bill also amends Public Law 85-325 to provide an additional $1,099,000 in authorization to correct increased costs on projects approved by that law.

The next location to be considered is Offutt Air Force Base. This installation is situated 1 mile southwest of Bellevue, Nebr. The planned use for this base is for headquarters of the Strategic Air

Command, a Strategic Air Command tanker mission and other Strategic Air Command and Military Air Transport Service activities. The program request at Offutt is $3,265,000. The items are as follows:

The first item is an extension of the primary runway. The existing runway is 10,000 feet long by 300 feet wide. The extension involved in this request will increase the length of the runway by 1,000 feet. This extension has been made necessary because of the runway length requirement of the KC-135 which will operate from this base.

The next item is an operational apron. This item provides an addition to the previously authorized aircraft parking apron at Offutt which will provide minimum space necessary to park the tanker aircraft scheduled for this base.

The next item is additional jet fuel bulk storage. The requirement for jet storage at Offutt is 53,600 barrels. There is existing at Offutt 38,600 barrels and there are 5,000 barrels under construction. The 10,000 barrels in this request will satisfy the remaining deficiency. The last item is a land easement right-of-way. This right-of-way is required for a storm drainage outfall line 300 feet wide and 7,000 feet long.

In addition, authorization is requested for construction of 616 units of family housing with private capital under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as amended.

This bill also amends Public Law 85-325 to provide an additional $279,000 in authorization to correct increased costs on projects approved by that law.

The CHAIRMAN. Pease is next.

Colonel JACKSON. The next installation to be considered is Pease Air Force Base, located 211⁄2 miles east of Portsmouth, N. H. Planned use of this installation is for a Strategic Air Command medium bomber mission and other Strategic Air Command activities. The total program requested for Pease amounts to $940,000. It consists of three items.

The first item is a modification of the existing jet refueling hydrant. There are 90 hydrant outlets required. Only 42 exist and are usable. The 48 outlets in this request will satisfy the remaining deficiency. The next item is a rapcon center which is necessary for the area air traffic control under all weather conditions.

The last item provides additional ammunition storage capability for the Strategic Air Command unit.

In addition, authorization is requested for construction of 483 units of family housing with private capital under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as amended.

This bill also amends Public Law 85-241 to provide an additional $603,000 in authorization to correct increased costs on projects by that law.

Plattsburgh Air Force Base is the next installation to be considered. This base is located 1 mile southwest of Plattsburgh, N. Y. Its planned use is for a Strategic Air Command medium bomber mission and other SAC activities. The program requested for Plattsburgh amounts to $208,000 and it consists of 2 items.

The first item will provide additional ammunition storage for the SAC mission and the second item will furnish electric power which

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