Originally Posted by
gums
Salute!
Gotta tellya, Wolf, that the F-35 is really loud, and having lived in a home near Hill (maybe 1.5 nm) when the Thuds were still there, the F-35 would be louder. Now, living maybe 2-3 nm from the Eglin rwy, you can tell the difference between the F-35 and all the others, even the F-22 that has two engines.
I do not think the mountains at Hill make much difference if you are west of the Wasatch range.
Gums sends...
The civvies around NAS LeMoore (A-7 base and then F-18 base in California) were up in arms about the F-35 showing up.
Of course the envirotwits tried to block it. Their complaint? Noise level.
(And TBH, I kind of see their point on that one. Freaking loud, the F-35 is).