[CPEO-MEF] Sprawl Threatens Operation of Arizona's Luke AFB

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Sprawl Threatens Operation of Arizona's Luke Air Force Base

As residential sprawl creeps from metro Phoenix toward Luke Air Force 
Base, seven miles west of Glendale, it threatens to make operations of 
this world's largest F-16 pilot fighter training center more and more 
risky, due to flights with live ammunition and exercises in night 
navigation. Consequently, Republican Senator John McCain is bluntly 
warning West Valley mayors to use their joint political clout, press the 
state and find money to preserve open land around the base or face its 
loss, together with an estimated $2 billion to the area economy. 

This article can be viewed in its entirety at:
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=2610&state=3&res=800

ANOTHER RELATED ARTICLE:
Sprawl, apathy threaten Luke (4/17/2002)
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/news/articles/0417luke17.html

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