D-M, military retirees have $1.6 billion impact on local community

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DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. --  D-M and military retirees circulated approximately $1.6 billion and helped create more than 4,680 jobs in the local area, according to D-M's Fiscal Year 2012 Economic Impact Analysis, released here April 26.

The EIA, an annual publication, is designed to inform the community of personnel assigned or employed at the base; annual payroll of all assigned and employed personnel; construction expenditures; and an estimated number and dollar value of indirect jobs created by D-M's presence in the community.

In fiscal year 2012, there were 10,869 personnel assigned and employed at D-M, including 7,537 military service members, 1,604 appropriated fund civilians, and 1,728 non-appropriated fund civilians and contractors. Their combined payroll totaled more than $643 million.

The EIA also provides information on D-M facilities and properties. The base operates and maintains 519 buildings, encompassing 4,409,801 square feet of space. D-M's footprint includes 6,011 acres of government-owned land and 4,578 acres of easement, rights-of-way and leased land, totaling 10,589 acres.

Of the 7,537 military service members assigned to D-M, 75 percent live off base.

All this information and more is available in the FY2012 EIA posted on D-M's website. The direct link is: http://www.dm.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-130423-049.pdf.

For questions, contact the 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office at 520-228-3406.

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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is home of the 355th Fighter Wing and its nine major tenant units, which include 12th Air Force (AFSOUTH), 55th Electronic Combat Group, 563rd Rescue Group and the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group. The Wing's key mission is to deploy, employ, support and sustain attack airpower in support of Combatant Commanders anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. D-M is also the only A-10 Thunderbolt II training base in the United States Air Force.