2004 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 15 Apr 2004 15:19:24 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: Laughlin AFB protected airspace
 
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Officials: Laughlin airspace secure for now

By Bill Sontag
Del Rio News-Herald (YX)

Published April 11, 2004

We need to preserve the airspace protected now; once you give it up,
it's hard to ever get it back.

--- Maj. Rob Fuller, LAFB operations flight commander



Part II of II

"The biggest issue that covers everything is just safety, for people on
the ground and our pilots." That is the simple definition of protected
airspace offered by Major Rob Fuller, operations flight commander for
the 47th Flying Training Wing at Laughlin Air Force Base (LAFB).
Maintaining that protection is not as simple.

Laughlin's two greatest assets, according to Brig. Gen. Albert Gagliardi
Jr. (USAF retired), are the blessings of clear flying weather and
uncorrupted airspace. Gagliardi was in Del Rio March 23 with the Texas
Military Preparedness Commission's first visit in preparation for the
Base Realignment and Closure Commission visit next year.

Stationed at Laughlin from 1983 to 1985, Gagliardi knows all about Del
Rio's weather and airspace. After 186 fighter missions in Viet Nam, he
was commander of the 47th Flying Training Wing for his tenure here, and
still cherishes fond memories of his tour of duty.

Fuller knows the airspace business, too. Prior to his current
assignment, he was chief of airspace and procedures for the LAFB
Operations Support Squadron. Commenting on the airspace asset coveted by
other bases experiencing encroachment, Fuller declared, "We do have a
big chunk of air, but it's not more than what we need." Fuller is
thankful, but not greedy about Laughlin's uniquely clear flight paths
and training space in the sky: "But when we do have the right fit for
the right thing, we need to keep it."

Safety and noise levels on the ground are two pivotal issues in the
protective prescription for LAFB airspace. The two-volume "Air
Installation Compatible Use Zone Study" (AICUZ) published in April 2000
describes, with maps and narratives, accident potential zones and noise
contours measured in decibels. The study explained, "Because land
proximate to Laughlin AFB is subject to high noise levels and potential
aircraft accidents, certain types of development are not compatible."

...

for the entire story, see
http://www.delrionewsherald.com/print.lasso?wcd=6302

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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>
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