Where does Ohio rank in per capita military spending?

The Air Force is in the testing phase of a human rated centrifuge for gravity training and research at the 711th Human Performance Wing on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. At the base where g-force training and research has been conducted since the dawn of the jet age, this new centrifuge replaces several in the Department of Defense including one that is already mothballed in Building 33. Maintaining fighter pilot g-tolerance is a critical part of flight physiology for as the performance of the latest generation of fighter aircraft become more demanding of the pilots. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

The Air Force is in the testing phase of a human rated centrifuge for gravity training and research at the 711th Human Performance Wing on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. At the base where g-force training and research has been conducted since the dawn of the jet age, this new centrifuge replaces several in the Department of Defense including one that is already mothballed in Building 33. Maintaining fighter pilot g-tolerance is a critical part of flight physiology for as the performance of the latest generation of fighter aircraft become more demanding of the pilots. TY GREENLEES / STAFF
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By Barrie Barber
March 15, 2017
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Ohio’s share of federal defense spending is just over half the national average based on fiscal year 2014 spending, a new analysis shows.

Defense dollars in Ohio amounted to $926 per person compared to a national average of $1,759, the Pew Charitable Trusts study concluded.

Virginia was the top defense state at $7,636 per capita and neighboring Michigan was last at $656 per person, the analysis said.

The study calculated salaries and wages, military pension and military health care benefits, federal defense grants, and contracts, a report said.

Forty states and the District of Columbia ranked higher than Ohio in per capita defense spending.

“Because Ohio has a large population and few major defense installations, that can partially account for this,” Michael Gessel, Dayton Development Coalition vice president for federal affairs, said in an email.

In southwest Ohio, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a major economic driver with a more than $4 billion impact and ranks as the largest single-site employer in the state with a workforce of more than 27,000 military personnel and civilian employees.

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