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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Keesler Air Force Base, a major training and medical center for the military, needs $500 million in repairs to recover from Hurricane Katrina, a commander said Saturday.
Brig. Gen. Bill Lord, wing commander of the 81st Training Wing, said the base suffered $400 million in damage to the military complex and $100 million to housing, but there were no fatalities.
Keesler, which sits between the Gulf of Mexico and the Back Bay of Biloxi, was one of six military bases in Louisiana and Mississippi to suffer damage during Katrina. The hurricane hit Aug. 29, three days after the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission voted to keep Keesler's medical center intact.
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