This is probably one of the only places in the country where you could shut down a highway like that for a "wargame" of this type. Archive: https://archive.today/fHI2p From the post: >>A high-risk special forces rescue of a U.S. fighter pilot in Iran earlier this month echoed war games held in Wyoming in 2023, when the military turned a remote, windswept stretch of Highway 287 near Rawlins into a simulated rescue mission for a downed pilot. The exact operational details of the Iran mission remain classified, and Air Force spokesmen were careful not to comment beyond prepared statements when Cowboy State Daily called to ask about the training exercise. But several military analysts have highlighted similarities between the 2023 training exercise in Wyoming and the real-world rescue mission in Iran on April 5.