[CPEO-IRF] Belle Fourche Range (SD)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

B-1 move could cost more than Pentagon claims it will save


Jack Siebold
KOTA-TV (Rapid City, SD)
July 1, 2005

When the Pentagon announced it wanted to close Ellsworth, the rationale
included saving $161 million a year.

But that plan said nothing about the Belle Fourche Electronic Scoring
Site; a backyard training range in what is called the Powder River
Military Operating Area, or MOA. It is a 1.5-million-acre B-1 bomber
playground over Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota.

"These ranges have been set up and hosted by the local bases. Our whole
purpose is to give them a short air time to get to us, saves money,"
Belle Fourche range manager Albert King said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=21227

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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