Resources

Fact sheets

• 2024 Peaceful Chiricahua Skies fact sheet
• 2024 Peaceful Gila Skies fact sheet
• Protected Public Lands in the Tombstone MOA
• Endangered/Threatened Species in the Tombstone MOA
• Mini-report on USAF chaff (from Peaceful Gila Skies)
• Mini-report on USAF flares (from Peaceful Gila Skies)
• Mini-report on USAF noise (from Peaceful Gila Skies)
• Mini-report on USAF sorties (from Peaceful Gila Skies)

Sample letters and comments that you might adapt and use

• Comments obtained through FOIA requests
  • ** Feb. 28, 2022 letter from 20 Arizona state legislators opposing the proposal
  • ** Feb. 25, 2022 letter from the USFS/USDA opposing the proposal
• Comments to the FAA, 2025
  • PCS – group sign on comments, individual petition sign-ons
  • PGS – group sign on comments, individual petition sign-ons
  • New Mexico Pilot Association
  • Tohono O’odham Nation
  • Aviation Safety Advisory Group, AZ
  • from Kim Vacariu
  • from Brad Emerson
  • from Bill Tiwald
  • from Karen Fasimpaur
  • from Veterans for Peace
  • from Scottie McKasson
  • from Deborah Herczog
  • from Lee Simpson
  • from Joanne Weiner
  • from Melinda Matson Spina
• DEIS comments
  • ** 2024 PCS comments, updated 11/8/24 ** – group sign-on (with 22 orgs and businesses), individual petition sign-on (with 3,877 sigs)
  • 2024 PGS comments
  • 2024 comments from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
  • 2024 comments from the New Mexico State Land Office
  • 2024 comments from Richard Webster and Rose Ann Rowlett
  • 2024 comments from Rene Donaldson – part 1, part 2
  • 2024 comments from Madrean Archipelago Wildlife
  • 2024 comments from Harold Farmer
  • 2024 comments from Ray Mendez
  • 2024 comments from Lorraine Titus
  • 2024 comments from Al Bamman
  • 2024 comments from Aravaipa Canyon
  • 2024 comments from Rod Rylander
  • 2024 comments from Deborah Herczog and LTE
  • 2024 comments from Karen Fasimpaur
  • 2024 comments from Kim Vacariu
  • 2024 comments from Jennie Towne
  • 2024 comments from Michael Gregory
  • 2024 comments from John Roser
  • 2024 comments from Diane Davidson
  • 2024 comments from Barb Hermann
  • 2024 comments from Brad Emerson – 1, 2, 3
  • 2024 comments from Paul Hirt
  • 2024 comments from Melinda Matson Spina, additional comments including ones on the 492 SOW Beddown, letter to Ruben Gallego
  • 2024 letter to Senator Kelly from Madrean Archipelago Wildlife
  • 2024 comments and letter from Pamela Housh
  • 2024 comments from Scottie McKasson
  • 2024 comments from Maurine Joens
  • 2024 comments on noise from a community member
  • 2024 comments from Wild Earth Guardians
  • 2024 comments from Tohono O’odham Nation
  • 2024 comments from the EPA
  • 2024 comments from Veterans for Peace Chapter #63

** NOTE: If you’d like to share your comments, email them to us. (Note that inclusion here does not mean we endorse these comments.)

• Comments on 492 Special Ops Wing Beddown
  • Tucson coalition
  • Resident comments
• Sample 2-minute public hearing comments (written)
• Hearing comments (video)
• Scoping comments (Note that inclusion here does not mean we endorse these comments.)
  • 2022 scope comment examples
    • 2022 Peaceful Gila Skies fact sheet with sample scoping comments
    • 2022 comments and sign-on from Peaceful Gila Skies (includes 34 groups)
    • 2022 comments from Peaceful Chiricahua Skies – group sign-on, individual sign-on (with 832 names)
    • 2022 comments from Chiricahua Regional Council
    • 2022 comments from Carol Comeau
    • 2022 comments from Deborah Hillyard
    • 2022 comments from Michele Lanan
    • 2022 comments from Helen Snyder
    • 2022 comments from Narca Moore
    • 2022 comments from Deborah Herczog and additional comments on noise
    • 2022 letter to representatives from Janet Debelak Tyburec
    • 2022 alternative suggestions from Michael Saremi
    • 2022 comments from Ray Mendez
    • 2022 comments from Kim Vacariu
    • 2022 comments from Karen Fasimpaur and Brad Emerson
    • 2022 comments from Diane Davidson
    • 2022 comments from the Zoellicks
    • 2022 comments from Richard Webster and Rose Ann Rowlett
    • 2022 comments from Melinda Matson Spina with additional comments here
    • 2022 comments from Harold Farmer
  • 2018 letter from Grant County residents opposing Holloman proposal (similar initiative)
  • 2017 scoping comments from conservation groups on Holloman proposal (similar initiative)
  • Additional comments on Holloman proposal (similar initiative)
• Sample letter to elected officials

Action alerts

• January 25, 2024 – New F-35 jet fleet to Train over Chiricahua and Peloncillo Mountains
• April 13, 2023 Action Alert and update
• April 12, 2023 – Action Alert – Write to Senator Mark Kelly
• Peaceful Chiricahua Skies Action Alert – February 13, 2022

Press releases and press coverage here

Other resources

• Presentations
  • Oct. 1, 2024 “Save Our Peaceful skies” workshop on the DEIS [pdf/slides] ** NEW/UPDATED
  • Oct. 3, zoom informational session (video archive)
  • Sept. 21 zoom informational session (video archive)
• FAA Guide to Low-Flying Aircraft

Maps

• Flight trackers (available on the web or as apps): FlightRadar24, FlightAware
• Tombstone MOA maps with alternatives
• U.S. Air Force overview map (click for interactive version – Note that on the interactive map, the purple area for the Tombstone MOA is the PROPOSED MOA expansion, and the black outline is the current MOA.)

• Map showing overlap of MOAs with federal public lands and tribes affected
• Map with VRs where fast moving jets are authorized to fly low-level routes, see here for more info