Langley Air Force Base on the Peninsula and Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., are finalists to become the nation's headquarters in the fight against cyberterrorism.
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Clark Griffith told the Biloxi City Council on Tuesday the Cyberspace Command Headquarters would bring up to 10,000 jobs to the city.
The Cyberspace Command is designed to defend strategic computer systems against electronic warfare. Fifteen other sites are under consideration.
Griffith told the city council that Keesler's chief competition is Langley, in Hampton, Va.; Offutt in Nebraska; Colorado Springs, Col.; and Barksdale in Shreveport, La.
"Keesler is already the electronics-training headquarters for the Air Force and the home to the second-largest medical facility in the Air Force," said Mayor A.J. Holloway, who is working with Griffith to bring the command to Biloxi.
Griffith said the Keesler proposal will be presented to the chief of staff of the Air Force in mid-February. The decision on where to locate the Cyberspace Command is expected by early March.
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