NEARLY 11 HUNDRED CIVILIAN WORKERS AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN ALBUQUERQUE GET THE BAD NEWS. ON TUESDAY … THE FIRST DAY OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN … THEY GOT WORD THAT THEY WERE ON FURLOUGH. A BASE SPOKESMAN TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT JUST UNDER A THOUSAND WORKERS ARE STILL ON THE JOB AT KIRTLAND.
AT HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN ALAMOGORDO, 422 CIVILIAN WORKERS ARE NOW FURLOUGHED. FLYING OPERATIONS AT HOLLOMAN ARE ALSO HALTED FOR F-22 RAPTOR FIGHTERS AND T-39 TALON JET TRAINERS.
MEANWHILE, AT NEW MEXICO'S TWO NATIONAL LABS … LOS ALAMOS AND SANDIA … ABOUT 20 THOUSAND WORKERS ARE STILL ON THE JOB DESPITE THE SHUTDOWN.
