The US Navy’s plans to build a controversial Outlying Landing Field (OLF) in Eastern North Carolina has been put on hold till 2014.
Snow Geese wintering in NC
Lt. Paul Macapagal, a Navy spokesman, said the idea of an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) on the East Coast is off the table until at least 2014.
“The Navy is suspending release of and stopping work on the Outlying Landing Field Draft Environmental Impact Statement until the East Coast Navy Joint Strike Fighter basing and training requirements are better defined,” he said.
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This has been a story we have been following for a while with the potential of risk to our pilots as well as the impact on the area and much of the wintering birds that call this area home for a number of months a year.
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