![]() ![]() Representative Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, urged the FAA last month to spare the Ramona tower from closure due to the presence of the air attack base. It is also home to the Ramona Air Attack Base, from which state firefighting aircraft battle blazes across the region. The Ramona Airport is home to 137 aircraft, a mix of small Cessna passenger and training planes and restored World War II era warbirds like the P-52 Mustang. “(But) are we going to have lots of planes falling out of the sky? I don’t think so.” They do perform a function,” Poole added. “All things being equal, it’s better to have a tower than not to. Many of the towers are “nice to have but probably not a necessity,” said Robert Poole, founder of the Reason Foundation, a conservative think tank in Los Angeles and the foundation’s director of transportation studies. Several local pilots and transportation experts, though happy to have the towers, said they don’t believe safety will be compromised once the facilities close. Others say the towers are a luxury the nation can do without. ![]() Some elected leaders, including San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob, say the towers’ extra eyes in the sky are critical to preventing a disaster like the 1995 mid-air collision that killed three federal firefighting personnel over Ramona. ![]()
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