[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS - Eddy County (NM) ranges (more)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army in process of examining local bombing ranges

By Stella Davis
Carlsbad Current Argus(NM)
Feburary 4, 2008

CARLSBAD - Between 1943 and 1945, U.S. military bombers flew over Eddy 
County, dropping bombs over designated precision practice bombing ranges

The bombs, some live ones and some black powder filled concrete bombs, 
landed on sites just outside the perimeters of the Army Air Force Base, 
known today as the Carlsbad Municipal Airport.

The air base was established to train bombardiers and navigators in 
precision bombing. The men later flew missions over Europe during World 
War II.

Now, more than 60 years later, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has 
identified at least 26 bombing range sites in Eddy County that will be 
reviewed for safety by the U.S. Department of Defense.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.currentargus.com/ci_8169581

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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