Posted on Jun 5, 2015
Colorado Springs residents sound off about noise from Air Force Academy training flights
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This article kind of rubs a nerve with me. I'm sure if we do some background and research, I'm just guessing here no fact finding as of yet. I'll almost bet though the AFA was there long before the housing subdivisions were built.
With that said, hmmm moving into the neighborhood I might have oh checked out what that Air Base thingy place might be for and what they do and maybe not moved in.
What do these people think that move around installations nationwide? I know when I was in the Springs in Artillery you could damn well be rest assured you would hear our rounds. Get DIV Arty involved and you would have thought CO was under attack.
Are we supposed to train service members in war situations with silencers, pretend use of items, Magic Wands or what?
Maybe I'm off mark here and I'm sure folks on RP will let me know, but if I lived there I would be pleased to see and hear them training to do their job.
Hell move the AFA here to Salt Lake City and I'll by a house near your flight path. Those little Cessna's don't make as near as much noise as the 747's and C141's that use a flight pattern over my house now and I'd be happy to see them out training every day.
With that said, hmmm moving into the neighborhood I might have oh checked out what that Air Base thingy place might be for and what they do and maybe not moved in.
What do these people think that move around installations nationwide? I know when I was in the Springs in Artillery you could damn well be rest assured you would hear our rounds. Get DIV Arty involved and you would have thought CO was under attack.
Are we supposed to train service members in war situations with silencers, pretend use of items, Magic Wands or what?
Maybe I'm off mark here and I'm sure folks on RP will let me know, but if I lived there I would be pleased to see and hear them training to do their job.
Hell move the AFA here to Salt Lake City and I'll by a house near your flight path. Those little Cessna's don't make as near as much noise as the 747's and C141's that use a flight pattern over my house now and I'd be happy to see them out training every day.
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Same folks who bitch when they buy a house by an airport and are bothered by the jet noise....
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Between the time I have been stationed here, and the time I choose to live here after getting out, I have lived in Colorado Springs for 20 years. Every couple of years there is an article whinning about the noise at the AFA. These people are ridiculous. First the AFA was founded in 1954, and CS was not within 8 miles of it, so you built next to the existing facility, so tough luck. Secondly, most of their training is done in small training aircraft that are reletively quiet. The only time it's noisy is when the Thunderbirds are practicing for graduation, or when Air Craft from Peterson AFB are flying and they believe it's related to the AFA. With Ft. Carson and 4 air bases as part of this community, the economy here is very dependant on the military. These idiots that built next to the academy need to shut up.
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