Aero Linx: The Arizona Aviation Safety Advisory Group
The Arizona Aviation Safety Advisory Group is made up from volunteer aviators from throughout Arizona. We work closely with the FAA Scottsdale and Las Vegas Flight Standards District Offices, the FAA Safety Team, and all aviation users throughout the state to highlight and educate everyone on safe practices. We are an Arizona
Security Notice (SECNOT)
A SECNOT is a request originated by the Air Traffic Security Coordinator (ATSC) for an extensive communications search for aircraft involved, or suspected of being involved, in a security violation, or are considered a security risk. A SECNOT will include the aircraft identification, search area, and expiration time. The search area, as defined by the ATSC, could be a single airport, multiple airports, a radius of an airport or fix, or a route of flight. Once the expiration time has been reached, the SECNOT is considered to be canceled.
“Beginning to retire legacy bombers, to make way for the B-21 Raider, is something we have been working toward for some time. Due to the wear and tear placed on the B-1 fleet over the past two decades, maintaining these bombers would cost tens of millions of dollars per aircraft to get back to status quo. And that’s just to fix the problems we know about. We’re just accelerating planned retirements.”
Source: Gen. Timothy Ray, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, discussing the retirement of a number of B-1B Lancer bombers.
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