[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, ENERGY: "Air Force officer debunks claim that wind turbines endanger Niagara Falls [NY] base"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force officer debunks claim that wind turbines endanger Niagara Falls base

By Thomas Prohaska
Buffalo News (NY)
October 23, 2016


TOWN OF NIAGARA - A top officer of the local Air Force Reserve unit said last week that the possible construction of wind turbines in Somerset and Yates will have no impact on operations at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.

Col. Joseph D. Janik, operations group commander for the 914th Airlift Wing, said by next October, the unit will have new planes whose local flights will take place at far higher altitudes than those of the C-130 transport planes currently based at Niagara Falls.

The eight C-130s are to be replaced, starting next spring, with eight KC-135 tanker planes designed for midair refueling of other aircraft. By Oct. 1, the changeover will be complete, but it seems unlikely there could be any construction on the wind turbines before that date.

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For the entire article, see
http://buffalonews.com/2016/10/23/air-force-officer-debunks-claim-that-wind-turbines-endanger-falls-base/

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Lenny Siegel
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