Not just the monitary cost...
Read what the residents think.
Winooski area residents voice their opposition to F-35 training flights
By Lana Cohen
Sep 9 2021
Appearing Tuesday night at a meeting of the Winooski City Council, more than two dozen speakers complained that the planes’ thundering noise is affecting their hearing and mental health, and increasing their worries over what would happen if an F-35 were to crash in the most populous region of Vermont.
The speakers, all of whom expressed their frustration with the jets based at Burlington International Airport, addressed councilors and three Air Guard members for more than three hours, in person and remotely.
“I have witnessed F-35s flying over Landry Park on a beautiful sunny afternoon,” Winooski resident Camille Clark said. “It was extremely painful to watch about 25 kids putting their hands on their ears and grimacing.”
The Lockheed Martin-manufactured F-35s can reach up to 115 decibels of noise, according to the Air Force. That’s almost the equivalent of standing next to sirens and can cause hearing loss in less than two minutes. Exposure to noise above 70 decibels for an extended period of time can damage hearing, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s information on noise and hearing loss.
“Exposure to loud noise kills the nerve endings in our inner ear,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wrote on its website. “The result is permanent hearing loss that cannot be corrected through surgery or with medicine.”
The F-35 stealth fighter, the centerpiece of the U.S. military’s air forces and the costliest defense program ever, began arriving at the airport in South Burlington about two years ago as a replacement for the F-16. The full complement of 20 jets is now in place, with planes going on training runs twice a day, four days a week. They also make occasional runs at night and on weekends.
https://vtdigger.org/2021/09/09/winooski-area-residents-voice-their-opposition-to-f-35-training-flights/
Your comment, is what about. Others do it so it is fine. FYI, your link is less than satisfying. Doesn't mention that WV produces and exports the machines. Burlington VT houses them, read my link and see how the residents feel.
Ask someone who is hard of hearing/ deaf how they would feel raising their families in such an environment. If you don't have that problem you are one of the lucky ones.
PS. It is you that needs more material. Lot's more in at VT digger direct from the resibents of Burlington VT.
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