Eight years following realignment from an active to a reserve military base, March Air Reserve Base near Riverside finally snagged a key element in the pursuit of joint military-civilian reuse as major international cargo carrier DHL announced this week that it had selected the airfield for its new Southern California air-cargo hub. It is DHL’s…
Communities across the nation are gearing up for the upcoming fifth round of the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) process. The process, authorized by Congress and commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense, is an evaluation of current military installations in order to “reorganize its (DOD) installation infrastructure to more efficiently and effectively support its…
With $1.2 billion in expansion planned for the U.S., worldwide cargo-giant DHL has announced intentions to locate its California hub at one of three Inland Southern California airfields, each of which are aggressively vying to land the proposed air cargo hub. Each of the three airfields (Ontario Int’l, San Bernardino Int’l and March GlobalPort) have…
