Noise, California, and Environmental Impact Statements.
Over a decade ago, I was in a working group that had as one of its objectives the forwarding to the flags/stars recommendations on bases for operating the FRS/RAG when JSF was deployed.
This was a joint deal, not a Navy deal, so I think USAF RTU was their term. (Gawd, those meetings sucked.)
At the time, our little group (one of many in various places dealing with such matters) was hung up on the noise problem the JSF presented.
Some of the local pissing and moaning around NAS Lemoore regarding their resentment of the sound of freedom as delivered by the Super Hornets was expected to get worse, since part of our brief was that Super Hornets were a few dB less noisy than a JSF.
This 2009 study puts a number on something we had no power to change, but had to account for in our staff recommendation. Thanks for the post.
However, the noise power, watts per square meter, not just dB, generated by the F-35A is two times greater than that generated by the F/A-18 E/F. All tactical aircraft engines grow in thrust over time, and that equates to even greater noise in the future.
Blah. The greenie twits in California will be up in arms over F-35's making noise in the San Joaquin Valley.
Again.
