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Before I read the article I thought "it would be really neat if they could use the "super cruise" feature all the way from their base in Virginia or Florida. (first wing is Langley AFB, Virginia, schoolhouse is Tyndall AFB in the Florida panhandle. That would mean they they'd be supersonic, but without use of afterburners. That would of course create a sonic boom, all the way across the US.

Then I read about some dingbat moaning about extra formation training being noisy. Once upon a time it was called the "sound of freedom". To many of us it still is. Then they compare the sound to a "nearby" (how nearby?) chainsaw, when the jet is 500 feet away. They won't be flying down that low much, and certainly not over the city, except of course when coming in to land or taking off. The sound diminishes by 6 dB for each doubling of the distance.

Once upon a time it was called the "sound of freedom". To many of us it still is.

The last time I heard my windows rattle was 5~6 years ago, when I was living in Michigan.
It was always on Saturday mornings, so I assumed that the National Guard had regularly scheduled training flights out over Lake Huron.
The booms weren't quite as loud as what I remember growing up back in the '50s and '60s,
but I at least recognized the sound and knew what it was immediately.

Then I read about some dingbat moaning about extra formation training being noisy.

During the height of the Cold War Beaufort used to ask people who called to bitch about the noise, "Are you sure they are ours?"

Then I read about some dingbat moaning about extra formation training being noisy. Once upon a time it was called the "sound of freedom". To many of us it still is. Then they compare the sound to a "nearby" (how nearby?) chainsaw, when the jet is 500 feet away. They won't be flying down that low much, and certainly not over the city, except of course when coming in to land or taking off. The sound diminishes by 6 dB for each doubling of the distance.

These are same ding-a-lings that had homes, schools, businesses, community centers, you name it around a military base and then have the Gaul to complain about overflights, noise, worry about safety, artillery noise, sounds from the small arms ranges and well as worry falsely about stray rounds, etc., had this at every military installation that I've lived at over a 20+ year military career. Tucson is a leftie moonbat center in Arizona second only to Bisbee. The writer of the article is the only staffer that does a fairly decent job of covering stories on the military in what we refer to as the Arizona Red Star as it so caters to the MoonBats.