The Air Force is proposing 10,000 F16 Training Flights a year over the Gila Forest and the world's first Wilderness area. We respectfully request you come to Silver City to meet with the affected citizens and explain your positions to us.
Why is this important?
Both Senators Heinrich and Udall have been outstanding supporters of our wild public lands, but have been disturbingly quiet on this issue (they have both supported getting the additional training squadron to Holloman AFB, but now this squadron needs a place to do their training). The Gila Wilderness and Forest is a place for quiet solitude, not for training F16s at 500 feet elevation.
