Aircraft Secret Night Training - Won't Tell Who, Where, Why

A Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircraft has been conducting training exercises from the Prescott airport on Wednesday evening and tonight, causing the airport and police to receive numerous calls from concerned citizens.

Information about the aircraft came from Raz Van, airport operations technician, who has been fielding many of the calls.

"People are saying their houses are shaking," he said.

The aircraft has been staying at least 1,000 feet above homes, but it sounds a lot closer because it's so powerful, he said.

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft that combines the features of a helicopter with a turboprop aircraft. It can make short takeoffs and landings, plus take off and land vertically. It can carry 28 seated troops.

The military doesn't tell Prescott airport officials what base the Osprey comes from, why it's training here, or when it is training here, Van said




[link to dcourier.com]

Secret training in the middle of wide-open Arizona.
So concerning that civilians keep calling in.

With everything that has been happening lately.... this secret training seems a little more than standard operating procedure.