Mon, Feb 06, 2006
Plan Would Add To Massive Military Airspace Over NV
On the heels of our report regarding concerns pilots in Georgia have over
a possible expansion of a military operations area, or MOA, into
their state, comes word the Air Force wants to create
a huge new Military Operations area over eastern Nevada... a
24-hundred square mile training area for F-16s flying out of Hill
Air Force Base in Utah.
That doesn't sit well at all with a lot of the people living
under the proposed MOA -- and not just pilots. Officials in
Nevada's White Pine County say limits on building heights would nix
plans for two proposed power plants and a wind-power farm.
In Ely, the airport manager says it would interfere with airport
operations and kill a burgeoning glider business.
"To the general aviation pilot, the (restricted military area)
looks like a no trespassing sign," airport manager Dan Callaghan
told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Officials at Hill say the Air Force could adjust the limitation
on structural height. As for GA and sport aviation problems... the
Air Force says they'd be minimal at most, although one air force
official said the newly-proposed range would be closed to all but
military flights eight times a year, for a week at a time.
The FAA has twice turned down proposals from Hill to add MOAs in
either Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. This time around, the proposal has
the attention of Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who says he plans
to meet with Air Force officials this week to talk about the
idea.
If approved, the new MOA would be a big addition to military
airspace over Nevada. Some officials estimate about half the state
is already covered by military training areas.
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