Could the Defense Department revisit a decision to relocate troops away from Hurlburt Field in Okaloosa County?

U.S. Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott sent a letter along with U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Secretary Troy Meink to review a decision made while Democrat Joe Biden was in the White House.

The 2022 National Defense Strategy calls for moving the 492nd Special Operations Wing to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. The letter both questions what went into the 2022 National Defense Strategy and pointed to new geopolitical conditions that warrant reconsidering the choice.

“Given the Trump Administration’s increasing focus on Venezuela and the Caribbean, approximately doubling the response time for the

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