But the site traces its history to the early 1960s, when a company called Bowen-McLaughlin York (BMY) built a plant there because it was roughly equidistant between the two Army commands involved in buying combat vehicles.
In July 1992, OSD effectively rejected the requirements established by the commands responsible for Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Navy Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) for an aircraft with the high speed and long range capabilities critical to their respective missions.
Representative Giffords is a true Arizona gal, a blue-dog Democrat who prefers riding horses and motorcycles to limos, backs a strong military and is, in fact, married to Navy pilot and combat veteran Mark Kelly (he flew 39 missions in Operation Desert Storm and now commands space shuttle missions).