Six of the commissioners voted Tuesday evening to proceed with a lawsuit against the Air Force in hopes of saving plans for a commercial airport on 1,800 acres of the base.
But the other six voted to drop the lawsuit, acquire 717 acres that the Air Force has offered the county and develop it into an eco-tourism site.
The county's original plans to turn the property into a commercial airport were thwarted earlier this year when the Air Force declared portions of the abandoned base as environmentally sensitive.
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