WESTCLIFFE, Colo.—Opponents of several thousand low-level military flights annually over the Westcliffe area have lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Custer County Action Association and 19 other groups had filed suit against the flights 13 years ago, saying they violated their privacy rights and risked aircraft collisions, The Pueblo Chieftain reported in Saturday editions.
The groups appealed to the Supreme Court when their lawsuit was rejected by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Eight months later the appeal was rejected by the high court.
More than 1,000 volunteer hours and $1 million was spent on the appeal, said Bob Senderhauf, who helped found the action association.
Senderhauf that of late the flights haven’t been that numerous or bothersome.
Fighter jets are using the new military training routes out of the Airburst Bombing Range between Pueblo West and Canon City to head into the Wet Mountain Valley and over the Sangre de Cristos into the San Luis Valley and over La Veta Pass to practice high altitude maneuvers.
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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain,
