Military flyovers create risks for San Juan Mtns.

Military flyovers create risks for San Juan Mtns.

Residents already have seen some of these large Air Force C-130 planes flying above the Animas River Valley. This one, an MC-130J, is marshaled into place at Cannon Air Force Base in September.
C-130 planes have been spotted flying low over this section of Eagle Pass in the La Plata Mountains. In late summer herds of elk bask in the grasses below the pass.
A CV-22 Osprey cruises through a canyon in northern New Mexico. The Air Force says it may fly 688 flights a year over western Colorado’s mountains and river canyons to train crews for flights over mountainous terrain around the world.

Military flyovers create risks for San Juan Mtns.

Residents already have seen some of these large Air Force C-130 planes flying above the Animas River Valley. This one, an MC-130J, is marshaled into place at Cannon Air Force Base in September.
C-130 planes have been spotted flying low over this section of Eagle Pass in the La Plata Mountains. In late summer herds of elk bask in the grasses below the pass.
A CV-22 Osprey cruises through a canyon in northern New Mexico. The Air Force says it may fly 688 flights a year over western Colorado’s mountains and river canyons to train crews for flights over mountainous terrain around the world.