The Los Angeles region used to be home to several Air Force bases. Edwards AFB obviously still operates (and is in no danger of shutdown), but installations such as George Air Force Base (near Victorville), Norton Air Force Base (outside San Bernardino) and March Air Force Base (near Riverside) were all closed by the early 1990s.
According to the L.A. Times, a local group is now trying to save Los Angeles AFB (near El Segundo) from a similar fate.
It won't be easy: With a new round of cuts looming, the base's future doesn't look good. First off, it's tiny.
According to the paper: The base — officially called the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center — developed the GPS satellite navigation system. Its programs include the latest space-based radars, infrared satellites used to track enemy missiles and some of the nation's most covert space weapons.
The complex, which has no runways, supersonic jets or barracks, looks more like a spartan college campus.
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