Pine Bluff Arsenal Wants Permanent No-Fly Zone
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The Pine Bluff Arsenal wants a permanent
no-fly zone over its chemical weapons stockpile and incinerator.
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Bayha said the Army has a representative
at the Federal Aviation Administration pushing for the change.
There currently is a temporary flight restriction over the
arsenal. The restricted airspace is an imaginary cylander extending
out from the arsenal`s storage area three miles in all directions
and 3,000 feet up.
But now it is just a notice to aviators, Bayha says. Permanent
prohibited airspace status would keep all aircraft out without
prior approval from the Army.
Bayha says a no-fly zone will protect the arsenal from terrorist
attack. The arsenal holds 12 percent of the nation`s chemical
weapons stockpile and incinerators that will be used to destroy
those weapons starting this spring.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
