WXYZ Detroit: Military training exercise will attempt to land planes on Northern Michigan highway in August
The Michigan Air National Guard and several other military outputs from across the country will test landing planes on Michigan highways next month.
According to the Michigan National Guard, the combat readiness exercise will happen in Alpena to demonstrate how active-duty and reserve-component units can integrate to project combat airpower in austere environments.
The MI Air National Guard's 127th wing, the Air Force’s 355th Wing from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona; and, the Air Force Special Operations Command from Duke Field in Florida, will land four A-10 aircraft and two C-146 aircraft on a closed-off portion of the road.
I hope they've sufficiently strengthened the landing gear on all the aircraft and briefed the pilots to watch out for Michigan's ubiquitous potholes on landing considering the condition of our state roads.
Good luck, you're going to need it, not due to any question of skill, but due to a very real question as to the quality of your landing surface.
