Jets may get more room to roam at Mountain Home Air Force Base

Pilots would get 29 percent more elbow room and the base’s airspace would edge farther into Oregon and Nevada. If approved by federal officials, the expansion could pave the way for state-of-the-art aircraft like the F-35 at the base. More importantly, according to 366th Fighter Wing commander Col. John Bird, the expansion would double the effectiveness of the airspace and the training offered in Idaho. “We are starting to get customers,” Bird said. “It’s the perfect practice ground.” An expansion would make Mountain Home comparable to Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base, Bird said. A military study of the environmental impact of F-15 fighter jets going supersonic and dropping fake bombs is wrapped up. Mountain Home officials said they were able to assuage the fears of some ranchers in Nevada’s Humboldt County who feared low-flying planes would harry their cattle. The proposed expansion, Bird said, is in the hands of the Federal Aviation Administration, which typically takes a little less than a year to approve or kill such proposals...IdahoStatesman

The Mountain Home range complex covers more than 187 square miles in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada. If approved, the expansion would increase its air space by nearly 30 percent...AirForceTimes

I wonder what the total airspace is controlled by the feds? Other users are excluded from these areas. We know the DOD owns or controls 30 million acres of land but how much airspace do they control?