Maybe you heard a military jet blast through Taos last month. If you missed it, you may have an opportunity to experience that blast over and over again. If the U.S. Air Force gets its way, some of Taos’ sacred places will become official Low Altitude Tactical Navigation areas. Training flights from Cannon Air Force Base are being planned to come roaring through the Sangre de Christo Mountains and throughout Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. The plan is to train pilots to operate at high speeds and very low altitudes an average of three times a day.

The Air Force posted a relatively obscure notice on page B10 of last week’s Taos News indicating the comment period on the program will close October 4th.

Calls made to Cannon Air Force Base were not answered or they went to indefinite hold. Your Northern New Mexico Newsroom will continue to follow-up. Meanwhile, peace and quiet reigns over this part of Northern New Mexico -- for almost another month, anyway.