MASCOUTAH, ILL. (AP) -- A military base and an airport are two southern Illinois locations that will get some upgrades, courtesy of a $447 billion spending bill approved by Congress this week.
At Scott Air Force Base near Mascoutah (muh-SKOO'-tuh), a $7.4 million earmark will help pay for a new two-story building that'll replace a five-decades-old medical evacuation site with a leaking roof and an often-flooded basement.
The facility has been used for sending pilots and medical evacuation teams to Iraq and Afghanistan during the recent wars.
The bill also calls for more than $779,000 to build a firefighting building at an airport near Carbondale.
President Barack Obama is expected to sign the bill.
Information from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, www.stltoday.com
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