The Nation - News from April 12, 1988
The Air Force said it will not close 37 college ROTC units in 23 states--slated for closing because of low productivity--because the schools were not told in advance how they were being judged. In a brief statement, the service said Air Force Secretary Edward C. Aldridge had “decided out of fairness, the Air Force should postpone its closure-consolidation plan for two years.” The Air Force will again rank its Reserve Officers’ Training Corp units in 1990 and use the same criteria to choose units for closing if budget cutbacks continue to be an issue, the statement said.
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