Your Northern New Mexico Newsroom reported yesterday about Cannon Air Force Base plans to practice low-altitude, high-speed flying over this part of Northern New Mexico. Folks have until October 4th to comment on the proposed Low Altitude Training. But, if you want to know what it’s like, just ask Pat Leahan of Las Vegas, New Mexico.

She is co-director of the Las Vegas Peace and Justice center, and they are right now doing some deep research, preparing talking points, reports, and more. She and many others around Northern New Mexico want it stopped; or at least extended beyond the October 4th comment deadline.

But Leahan says: first, make your comments to the Air Force now at their website. Read and download the material they provide, and make your opinions known now, while you can. Your Northern New Mexico Newsroom has the Cannon Air Force link for you.

Get all the Air Force information about the proposed Low Altitude Tactical Navigation:

Pat Leahan, who is against LATN (Low Altitude Tactical Navigation), says go to the Cannon AFB website  and look at the right-hand column on their home page. There, you will see all the information to download, including where they are in the process of developing the draft Environmental Assessment.

That Environmental Assessment is much less demanding than an Environmental Impact Statement, which Leahan and others say is a must.

The information is in plain language and they even have an FAQ page to download that might answer some of your questions.

Then, if you want to have a say in military aircraft flown low over and between Northern New Mexico mountains, you should fill out the comment form before time runs out on October 4th.

Everything you need to know right now about LATN is on the right-hand side of the homepage of the Cannon AFB website:

http://www.cannon.af.mil/

You can reach Pat Leahan at the Las Vegas Peace and Justice Center by phone at (505) 425-3840. Or, email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The website fighting against the Air Force plans can be found at

http://lvpeacecenter.org/