Voters say no to jet base

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Voters say no to jet base

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An article in this morning's USA Today was titled "Voters say no to jet base"..
Seems Cecil Field will not be reopening due to complaints and concerns by short-sighted, whiney local interest groups.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... sing_x.htm

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Same thing happened in Melbourne Fl to the same company. They citizen group that lead the fight was afraid the terrorist might hijack the jets.
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Similar problem with Krzesiny AB near Poznan, Poland.
Neibourghing farmers are afraid of 100dB noise generated by F-16s operating there ...
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I remember when the F-15s at Tyndall were cracking the concrete of the buildings near the flightline from their afterburners on take off. Talk about some noise....

"Jet Noise........the Sound of Freedom" use to be a saying around alot of our bases. Wish I lived near one just to hear it...
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I live near RAF Wattisham, which used to be home for the RAF's Phantoms (and Lightnings before that). Now it's been turned over to the Army and has Lynx and Apache choppers there instead, and now the locals all moan about the drone of the helicopters!!

Wish they'd give us the jets back!!!
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Post by Firebird »

I know what you mean, Alex.
I remember how the natives near Upper Heyford used to moan about the noise and all those pesky Yanks, then within a year of the base closing they were moaning that the local economy had been decimated and that people were leaving the area. Doh!

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