Military eyes more state airspace

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON -- The Air Force has proposed creating a military operations area in the skies over eastern Nevada, sparking concern among local government and business leaders that airspace restrictions could pull the plug on two power plants and a wind farm.

The plan to add a 2,400-square-mile training zone over White Pine and Elko counties would tighten the military's grasp of Nevada skies, where experts estimate as much as half the airspace is subject to government flight controls.
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Down below, some Nevada officials fear the new training area might jeopardize plans for coal-fired plants, a wind farm and a 250-mile transmission line that could unify the state's electricity grid while delivering a jolt to the region's sluggish economy.

"The county would like to see that (military) proposal dropped," said White Pine economic development coordinator Karen Rajala.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-28-Sat-2006/news/5585073.html

[saigon68]

1. Hell let them train Over IRAQ

That way the aircrews could get "COMBAT PAY"


LOL

[rodeodance]

2. the mil. will just play the nat. secur. card--and zap--it is theirs!

[NVMojo]

3. yep, and that idiot Gibbons knew this was coming, he is in deep with

DOD and Bush. I just hope he isn't elected Gubbenor of our state this year ...or we are in even deeper shit.

[Straight Shooter]

4. Payback against Reed?

Or just another eyebrow-raising co-inky-dink?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Hardly.

Think of the payrolls. What else are you going to do with all that acreage?

[Straight Shooter]

7. Uh, wind farms?

Isn't that what the article states, that it will affect wind farms?

I'm not familiar with Nevada geography and the best use for the land.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Eminent Domain over airspace?

What next?