DTIC ADA268864: Environmental Assessment Reserve Military Operations pdf

DTIC ADA268864: Environmental Assessment Reserve Military Operations

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The Record of Decision (ROD) allowing supersonic operations in the Reserve MOA stipulated: (1) Supersonic flight be limited to weekday, daylight operations of the 49th TFW and selected adversaries above 15,000 feet MSL, not to exceed 300 sorties per month in each MOA, (2) WSMR be first priority for supersonic training with the overflow equally divided between the Valentine and Reserve MOAs, (3) supersonic operations be confined to 22 X 28 mile elliptical areas, (4) supersonic flight not be conducted within five miles of the specific population centers, and (5) complaints and damage claims be resolved promptly. These operational restrictions resulted from a lack of definitive data to describe impacts of sonic booms. To this extent the research was conducted and the supersonic model used for predicting overpressures was validated as part of this environmental document

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 12/1/1989
• Year: 1989
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, , TACTICAL AIR COMMAND LANGLEY AFB VA, *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, *AIR FORCE FACILITIES, *SONIC BOOM, SUPERSONIC FLIGHT, WILDLIFE, NOISE POLLUTION

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