gums,
I think military flying, particularly fighter aviation, is a little more self-serving than you're representing there with the a$$ risking comment.
What would you have rather done?
(These Strike Eagle dudes aren't going to resign 'cause they can't work over Boise.
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GN,
What a trooper, willing to sacrifice other's comfort for your conceptual greater good. What is the national interest?
TD,
The USAF base at Mountain Home has been there for a long, long time (since WW II).
How long have those seven people complaining lived there?
Is this just another case of someone buying a home near a source of noise without doing due diligence, then bitching about the noise?
The seven people live in Boise.