F-16 training area at Holloman AFB expanded by 93%

The training airspace east of Holloman Air Force Base has expanded by 93 percent on Oct. 7. The move will benefit F-16 B-course pilots at the base.

Talon military operations area is expanded by over 2,000 square miles in southeast New Mexico, Oct. 7, 2021. The expansion is the result of a 10 year effort of coordination to reconfigure existing airspace and establish new airspace that will improve training capabilities for F-16 Viper student pilots. (Courtesy photo)

William Westfall, 54th Operations Support Squadron airspace manager, said the changes took 11 years to happen.

“We’d go out to the communities that would be affected or influenced by the possibility of the expansion and we’d ask for their inputs, whether good or bad. It’s a formal process, and they have a period where they can comment on their thoughts. Animal species, the impact on our training to a community – it’s all well thought-out.”

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