Conservation Groups Sue Air Force to Bar Low-Altitude F-15 Flights over Owyhee Wilderness in Oregon, Idaho and Nevada
Oregon, Nevada and Idaho conservationists are suing the U.S. Air Force, arguing that expanded low-altitude F-15 fighter jet flights over the Owyhee Canyonlands will harm the “quiet and solitude” of the vast high-desert region. The three groups who filed the suit Monday are Oregon Natural Desert Association, Friends of Nevada Wilderness and Idaho Conservation League. They argue that the Air Force decision to “intensify” the F-15 trainings in the Owyhee airspace will increase noise, fire