U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretory 

of Transportation 

Colonel Andrew A. Croft 

USAF 

49WG/CC 

490 First St., Suite 1700 

Holloman AFB, NM 88330 

Dear Colonel Croft: 

Assistant Secretary 

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Thank you for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the 

City of Alamogordo for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small 

Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked that I respond to you on 

his behalf. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant 

awards each year, although no more than four awards may be to communities in the same State. 

In order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service 

deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types of projects that can be funded. 

On June 24, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July 26. As these grant requests are pending before the 

Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any particular proposal. I assure you that the 

Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE 

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HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE. NEW MEXICO 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE ANTHONY FOXX 

Secretary of Transportation 

FROM: 49 WG/CC 

US Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey A venue SE 

Washington DC 20590 

490 First St, Suite 1700 

Holloman AFB NM 88330 

SUBJECT: Alamogordo Regional Jet Service 

JUL 2 6 2013 

l. I strongly support the City of Alamogordo's effort to bring regional jet service to the nearby 

Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airpmt. Regional jet service will provide invaluable support 

to our mission and our Airmen by reducing wasted man-hours spent traveling between 

Alamogordo and El Paso Intetnational Airport. Reducing transit time from an hour and a half to 

less than 10 minutes will greatly improve quality-of-life for Aitmen and their families, 

2. Over the last year. Holloman Air Force Base partnered in this endeavor with city, county and 

state officials, community leaders. and members of the local airport board. Collectively, we 

realize a commercial carrier is interested in the significant quantity of official military tt-avel 

originating at Holloman Air Force Base. We stated the requirements for regionaljet service: 

TSA security checks, a major commercial bub destination, and ticket prices similar to travel 

originating at El Paso International Airport. Assuming these requirementS.are fulfilled, I expect 

local official traveJ, and a significant quantity of personal and dependent travel, to originate at 

Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport. 

3. Holloman's population will remain at current levels, and even increase in future years, with 

changing mission sets and with an increasing German Air Force footprint. Regional jet service 

would have a positive impact on vital US Air Force missions and the Airmen who support them. 

ANDREW A. CROFT 

Colonel, USAF 

Commander 

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