Montana lawmakers push back on expanded bomber zone

Montana's congressional delegation is pushing for changes to an Air Force proposal to establish a bomber training area over the Northern Plains that would cover an area larger than West Virginia. A decision is due in coming weeks on the plan to expand the Powder River Training Complex over Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas. Approval also is needed from federal aviation regulators. The proposed expansion would quadruple the training airspace, making it the largest over the continental United States. It would be used by B-1 bombers at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota and B-52 bombers at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Montana elected leaders and state aviation officials say the bombers would disrupt rural communities and scare livestock as they roar overhead on maneuvers, dropping flares and chaff. Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester told The Associated Press that time is running out to get changes made. "We want the Air Force to address this. They're moving pretty darn fast right now," Tester said. "For those guys to open up the Powder River Basin without addressing our concerns is unacceptable."...more

Senator Tester, The U.S. Congress created the Air Force and annualy funds its operations, yet they ignore you "concerns".  What does that tell you about our current system of government?