The Navy has begun a sophisticated campaign to create a new military operations area (MOA) over Lemoore Naval Air Station in California’s Central Valley, just southwest of Fresno. AOPA is questioning the need for the Lemoore MOA. “It’s hard to see the need for this additional MOA considering the huge expanse of special-use airspace that exists already just minutes east of the air station,” said Heidi Williams, AOPA manager of air traffic policy. “If there is some reason why they can’t use the nearby Foothill, Porterville, Baskersfield, Bishop, Owens, and Isabella MOAs, perhaps they’d be willing to give that airspace back to civilian pilots.
Any citizen or agency having comments on the airspace initiative should contact:
[email protected]
or write to:
Commander Strike Fighter Wing
U.S. Pacific Fleet (Code N30)
(ATTN: Lemoore MOA)
001 K Street
NAS Lemoore, CA 93246-5022
Please include name and mailing address with all correspondences
FMI:http://www.lemoore.navy.mil/moa/
