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Dutch pilots to leave skies
Yellow Springs News ^ | 5/14/2010 | Diane Chiddister

Posted on 05/13/2010 9:21:35 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

Villagers who suffer from the jet noise in the north end of town, and all those with sensitive ears only have to put up with the ruckus a little bit longer. The Dutch pilots who have been training at the Springfield-Beckley Airport with the 178th Fighter Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard will move to Arizona soon after September 2010.

The move was announced on Sunday, May 2, on the Web site F16.net and was confirmed this Tuesday by am Air National Guard spokesman.

Soon after the Dutch joined American pilots already training at the airport five years ago, some villagers complained of the increased noise, especially over the north end of the village. While the pilots were officially guided to bypass Yellow Springs, weather conditions sometimes caused incursions over the village, Commander Mike Roberts stated in a News article several months ago. The Dutch planes were also considered noisier than their American counterparts due to a different engine.

According to an article on the Web site, the Dutch had trained for 18 years in Tucson and came to the Springfield location when Tucson was already full with pilots from other countries. The Dutch have been at the Springfield airport for five years, training alongside U.S. Air Force pilots.

(Excerpt) Read more at ysnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: aerospace; ang; f16; netherlands; ohio; rnlaf; usaf
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1 posted on 05/13/2010 9:21:35 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

Glad the Ohio economy is in such great shape that they can afford to run off folks with money to spend.


2 posted on 05/13/2010 9:24:29 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: sonofstrangelove

Arizona, huh? :o)


3 posted on 05/13/2010 9:47:16 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Arizona! We're through being a piñata!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; sonofstrangelove
Arizona, huh? :o)

Low-level training runs along the border might prove useful... /g

4 posted on 05/13/2010 9:52:38 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: PAR35

This is the same community that opposed the BRAC recommendations to close the unit at Springfield.


5 posted on 05/13/2010 9:56:52 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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Village??? Villagers??? In America??? WE have towns/cities, EUROPE has villages! WHY is the writer talking about villages and villagers???


6 posted on 05/13/2010 10:08:04 PM PDT by jackibutterfly ( Palin is so under obama's skin, he hears 'Hail to the Chief' when he sees her.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Jet noise. The sound of freedom.


7 posted on 05/13/2010 10:21:21 PM PDT by Leisler
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To: PAR35

With mid air refueling they’ll still be able to strike Chicago and help save America.


8 posted on 05/13/2010 10:22:29 PM PDT by Leisler
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To: sonofstrangelove

Given our historic ties (including a Queen born here with a local hospitil declared Dutch soil to preserver her claim to the throne), I’m surprised they’re not training in Canada.


9 posted on 05/13/2010 10:30:52 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
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To: jackibutterfly

Actually, here in North America there are a lot of settlements that could be called villages. Around here in Ontario we call them “hamlets”.


10 posted on 05/13/2010 10:32:41 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Must be the hippies from Antioch College who ran them out.


11 posted on 05/13/2010 10:48:42 PM PDT by alkuhn (2WTC73rd)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Arizona, huh? :o)


The National Guard at Tucson International airport does most (all?) of the training in the US for foreign F-16 pilots.

12 posted on 05/13/2010 11:40:31 PM PDT by az_gila (AZ - one Governor down... we don't want her back...)
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To: jackibutterfly
Village??? Villagers??? In America??? WE have towns/cities, EUROPE has villages! WHY is the writer talking about villages and villagers???

Calm yourself. The writer is correct. Under Ohio law, all municipalities with populations of less than 5000 are called villages. All over 5000 are called cities. There are no "towns" in Ohio.

13 posted on 05/14/2010 5:53:48 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: PAR35

Do you know anything of Yellow Springs, Ohio?


14 posted on 05/14/2010 5:56:56 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Leisler

LOL!


15 posted on 05/14/2010 5:57:44 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Tea Party. We are the party of NO! NO to more government! NO to more spending! NO to more taxation!)
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To: buccaneer81

Yellow Springs is certainly full of “village people”.

Or village idiots.

Or something.


16 posted on 05/14/2010 5:58:54 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Believe it or not, Dave Chappelle lives there now. He’ s a MENSA candidate compared to the average denizen of Yellow Springs.


17 posted on 05/14/2010 7:52:27 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

The average “villager” in YS is a moronic hippie who thinks “bathing” means immersing oneself in patchouli ...


18 posted on 05/14/2010 8:16:43 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Yes. They don’t like the sound of money. I don’t know if it’s still full of commies and hippies since the Antioch commune ran out of money and shut down.


19 posted on 05/14/2010 3:57:38 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: sonofstrangelove

Yes!!! Excellent news for AZ. Sorry Ohio.

They’re gonna love the 12 months a year weather we have here.


20 posted on 05/14/2010 4:25:42 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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