Did any of you lose military bases with the latest round of closures? I live about 10 miles from an Air Guard base that I was kind of hoping would be closed. I like military bases, its just that this one is an Air base and when their fighter jets roar overhead, they are so loud you cannot even hear yourself think, truly deafening. Its a small base, with only 16 fighter jets. But they fly over 2 by 2 or 4 minimum. Some days are worst than others. I think it would have been fine to close it :)
People in the area were really hoping it would stay open, they say we could lose a lot of money if it closed. The news is, it is marked to stay open and expand. They are going to go from 16 fighter jets to 41. I wonder if everyone will be so happy once all those jets take to the air with their practice maneuvers? Yes, they even do their flights at night. And I wonder, with all the wide open spaces we have in this country, why do Air bases get stationed near communities?
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