F-35s will go to Eglin despite noise protests

[unhappycamper]

The decision to base the F-35 Lightning II school house at Elgin Air Force Base was stalled because of protests from some communities where noise levels from the jet were projected to reach up to 90 decibels.


F-35s will go to Eglin despite noise protests
By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Feb 7, 2009 9:12:56 EST

The Air Force is going ahead with plans to locate the joint F-35 Lightning II school house at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., service officials said Friday.

While the school was expected to be at Eglin, the Air Force did not make the selection official until Friday. The decision was stalled because of protests from some communities near Eglin where noise levels from the F-35 were projected to reach up to 90 decibels.

Maj. Gen. Charles Davis, who oversees the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office and will become Eglin’s senior officer in April, said Friday that ongoing noise measurements of F-35s should show the jets are not as loud as earlier evaluations found. Davis conceded the jets are louder than the F-15 Eagles they’ll replace at Eglin’s 33rd Fighter Wing.

An Air Force environmental assessment study of the F-35’s noise impact at Eglin found that noise from the fighter’s operations would reach 83 decibels in military housing areas and base schools. Off base, the noise would be even louder, reaching up to 90 decibels in civilian neighborhoods under an Eglin flight path.

Friday’s decision clears the way for the first F-35 to arrive at Eglin in March 2011. Fifty-nine F-35s will be stationed there by 2013, including the Marine Corps and Navy versions of the fighter.


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uhc comment: Talk about expensive. Fifty nine F-35s cost $14,101,000,000 assuming the price tag does not rise above $239 million a pop. Add that to the $40 billion for new bombers and we're talking $65 billion for aircraft that does not include the Osprey or the rather expensive F-22. Methinks you guys need to look at the $$$ before you order any of these underpowered, expensive aircraft.

[Submariner]

1. We do make the coolest jets and weapons on the planet

They just don't do squat against the leading killer weapons of the day...IED's and truck/car bombs. Chimpy couldn't reignite the Cold War the way he wanted to, so this multi-billion program can probably be scrapped by Obama.

[PFunk]

2. And they dumped the Harrier (and maybe the F-16) for this?

Just saying.

[qazplm]

3. I dont know

other considerations aside, the F-22 and F-35 are pretty good planes overall, best in the world probably.

All future planes from any major power are going to be stealthy.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. What a place to have to live! - not a friggen tree in sight - and dirt for yards?

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The only spot of green I see is probably for their septics - what we call a shit lagoon up here

looks like it overflowed onto the road a few times - ewwwwwwwwww

and look at all them houses,

only 10 - 20 feet apart - no privacy, no shrubs, gardens, trees

wow

and they do not look like cheap buildings

give me a few acres of bush and a decent trailer and I'd be happier

USA nomba won

right . . .