From City of Madison, Aug. 9, 2019 Draft of Environmental Statement made findings of significant disproportionate impact on communities of color, children, and Madison east and northsides On August 8, 2019, Madison elected officials, including state Representative Chris Taylor, Dane County Board Supervisor Yogesh Chawla, and City of Madison Alder Marsha Rummel, expressed serious concerns […]
By: Jen Fifield for AZ Central, Feb. 5, 2019 As skies around Luke Air Force Base get busier and noisier, the base wants West Valley residents who live nearby to know that this is the new norm. The base’s F-35 program is growing, as planned. With more planes and more pilots to train, there’s more […]
December 21,2017 Citizens for a Livable Boise (CLB)agrees with the United States Airforce’s F35 Air National Guards’ Site Selections decision announced today.For over two years, thousands of Boise Citizens have voiced concerns about the potential, negative environmental and economic impacts basing F 35 aircraft at Gowen Field might have. Hundreds of residents have not only […]
March 1, 2017 Gov. Butch Otter, with Boise Mayor Dave Bieter standing alongside, signed a bill Tuesday that will authorize expenditure of $100,000 in taxpayer funds to lobby on behalf of basing the admittedly noisy F-35 fighter in Boise. Stars & Stripes, the military newspaper in Japan, recently reported a Japanese court has awarded residents […]
By Sven Berg Dec. 23, 2015 Some Boiseans believe the deciders have made up their minds to bring louder military jets to Boise. Many of these people live near the airport, so they’d be most affected by the noise. They suspect their concerns don’t matter to the city government, Idaho Air National Guard and U.S. […]
By Steven Verburg Dec 26, 2016 Dane County residents who are unhappy about the roar of F-16 military jets through the skies say they are worried the noise could grow louder if F-35 warplanes are based at Madison’s Truax Field. The Air Force maintains that the new jets usually produce sound levels that are roughly […]
Jan 26, 2017 With armed police standing by, opponents of the F-35 and other noisy fighter jets being based at Gowen Field were denied space during an “open house” meeting Wednesday night at the airport, another chapter in the controversy. Airport spokesman Sean Briggs told the GUARDIAN the opponents were allowed to display protest signs […]
By Sven Berg Jan 25, 2017 Dozens of people went to the Boise Airport on Wednesday for an open house on airplane noise and ways to reduce its impact on the surrounding area. Before entering the third-floor room where city and Idaho Air National Guard officials set up posters on the topic of airport noise, […]
By Chom Greacen Jan 21st, 2017 Quiet Skies over San Juan County The Navy plans to add 36 EA-18G “Growler” fighter jets and roughly double the number of Growler flight operations out of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. The only thing standing in its way is completion of the Environmental Impact Statement process as per […]
By Dahr Jamail Feb. 6, 2017 Imagine living in a place where the loudest jets ever built regularly flew so close, your entire house vibrated, dishes rattled and fell off shelves, and the noise was so loud you became physically ill. Your sleep was impacted, you couldn’t work, and literally every single aspect of your […]