Summary
A prepared military needs places to practice its maneuvers, which are often loud and disruptive. To meet its readiness requirements, the military should find the best place to do this training with the least disruption on the ground. It is unclear that a proposal from the Massachusetts Air National Guard to do very low altitude flights over Western Maine meets this standard. That's why Maine is wise to ask for a more stringent review than the Guard has done so far of the consequences of allowing flights as low as 500 feet.
The 102nd Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard has proposed to allow its F-15 pilots to fly as low as 500 feet over an area in western Maine and eastern New Hampshire, now known as Condor 1 and Condor 2. Most of the training in the area is currently limited to flights above 6,300 feet, with a smaller portion available for flights above 2,800 feet. The change is needed so that F-15 pilots have enough room to gain skills needed to identify and intercept low-flying aircraft, according to the 102nd Fighter Wing, which is based at Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth, Mass.See the full content of this document
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