McAndrew letter: F-35 noise

Who should we believe — a woman who has heard the F-35 jet many times — or a mayor and city council who have never heard an F-35? In her letter to the editor of July 23, Peggy Weigand warns the residents of Boise that the F-35 will shatter Boise’s peace and quiet from a distance of several miles. The current line of obfuscation coming from city hall is, “Oh, all these jets sound about the same. The people of Boise won’t even notice a difference.” That is a lie. The Air Force’s own figures show how incredibly loud the F-35 is compared to other jets, and Citizens For A Livable Boise (www.clboise.org) will provide those Air Force figures to anyone who requests them. What will happen to a group of passengers waiting on the tarmac at BOI to claim carry-on bags from Horizon Airline’s courtesy cart when an F-35 takes off a few hundred feet away? Those passengers won’t have any idea that an F-35 is about to create a noise loud enough to damage the delicate ears of children and infants (and adults). Why are our mayor and city council not concerned about this?

This story was originally published August 16, 2017 at 10:31 PM with the headline "McAndrew letter: F-35 noise."