 When it was announced that the wing would be restructured and Otis Air National Guard Base would remain open, discussions began about the future of the 102nd.Staff of the 102nd and those at Massachusetts Air National Guard headquarters considered a plan centered on the idea that the wing could transition to an intelligence mission to support the growing War on Terror.The idea hit a roadblock when it was announced that the funds which the wing could use to convert into its new mission had been depleted.