Base officials respond to GPS jammer issue

Exercise coordinators positioned 13 trailers, like the one shown here, across Saylor Creek and Juniper Butte training ranges in conjunction with last month's Gunfighter Flag exercise.

A large-scale military exercise across parts of southern Idaho last month became a lesson learned for officials at Mountain Home Air Force Base after it caught local farmers, commercial pilots and city workers off guard.

The local Gunfighter Flag exercise held in mid-April led to unintended consequences after military jamming equipment used to train aircrews also blocked navigation signals used by local farmers, pilots and city workers.

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