Eastern legislators try to land jets at Cherry Point.

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Two Democratic state legislators want the Navy to reassign some F/A-18 Super Hornets to Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, rather than build a practice landing field for them elsewhere. Senate leader Marc Basnight of Manteo and Rep. Bill Owens of Elizabeth City informed the state's congressional delegation that they would welcome the fighters at the Craven County base. The Navy says bases near Hampton Roads can't accommodate 30,000 touch-and-go...

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