U.S. Department ofTransportation Office of the Secretory ofTransportation



### Colonel Andrew A. Croft USAF 49WG/CC 490 First St., Suite 1700 Holloman AFB, NM 88330 Dear Colonel Croft: Assistant Secretary 

## AUG J2 Z013

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### Thank you for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the City ofAlamogordo for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation'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 of40 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 ofprojects that can be funded. On June 24, the Department issued an orderrequesting 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 ofany 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 ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours,

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

### DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE Ht:AOQUARTEfl$: 41111'1 WING {ACCI HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE. NEW MEXICO

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE ANTHONY FOXX Secretary ofTransportation

FROM: 49 WG/CC US 

### DepartmentofTransportation 1200 New Jersey A venue SE Washington DC 20590
490 First St, Suite 1700 Holloman AFB NM 88330 SUBJECT: Alamogordo Regional Jet Service 

# JUL 26 2013

l. I strongly supportthe City ofAlamogordo's effort to bring regionaljetservice to the nearby Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airpmt. Regionaljetservice will provide invaluable support to ourmission and our Airmen byreducing wasted man-hours spent travelingbetween Alamogordo and El Paso Intetnational Airport. Reducing transittime from an hour and 

### a half

### to 

### less than 

### 10 minutes 

### will greatly improve quality-of-life for Aitmen 

### and their 

### families, 2. Overthe lastyear. Holloman Air Force Base partnered in this endeavor with 

### city, county and state officials, community leaders. and members ofthe local airportboard. Collectively, we realize a commercial carrier is interested 

### in the significant quantity ofofficial military tt-avel originating at Holloman AirForce Base. 

### We stated the requirementsfor regionaljet service: TSA security checks, amajor commercial bub destination, and ticketprices similartotravel originatingat El Paso International Airport. Assuming these requirementS.are fulfilled, I expect local official traveJ, and a significant quantity ofpersonal and dependenttravel, to originate at Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport. 3. Holloman's population 

### will 

### remain at currentlevels, and even increase in future 

### years, with changing mission sets and with an increasing German Air Force footprint. Regionaljet service wouldhave apositive impact on vital US Air Force missions and the Airmen who supportthem.

ANDREW A. CROFT Colonel, USAF Commander

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