The Executive has already reached an agreement with the Air Force, and the economic compensation for the operation has yet to be defined. The government has not yet announced the size of the public investment that will be made.
The Figo Maduro military airfield will be temporarily installed at the Montijo Air Base, on a date yet to be defined, before definitively moving to Alcochete, the Minister of National Defense announced this Wednesday.
“At the end of the year a protocol will be signed with the Prime Minister to guarantee the presence of the Air Force in the current AT1 [Aeródromo de Trânsito n.1]the use of the same space where you are. Subsequently, a first investment in the Montijo Air Base, where he will be temporarily transferred. And then, of course, definitely to Alcochete,” said Nuno Melo.
The Minister of Defense spoke to journalists on the sidelines of the solemn opening ceremony of the academic year at the Military Academy, in the municipality of Amadora, in Lisbon. When asked about the size of this investment, Nuno Melo responded that the Government is still “in an evaluation phase.”
The SIC said this Tuesday that the Government has already reached an agreement with the Air Force to abandon the military terminal, the terms of which have yet to be defined. compensation values payable to that branch of the Armed Forces.
Source: Observadora
