Posted on 03/31/2017 6:41:14 PM PDT by SandRat
That base has been there for years.
Everybody who moved into the area knew it was there.
They knew jets make noise.
This never ceases to amaze me. People move in next to an airport and then complain about the noise.
Active Duty ping.
Sometimes the sound of freedom is eclipsed by the hoped for sound of greenbacks from a successful lawsuit.
How long has Davis-Monthan been in existence? No sympathy here. None.
When I was there in the ‘60s it was in the middle of the desert and there were no houses nearby. They all knew what they were getting when they built/bought houses there.
Pull out the jets and put in helicopters. Now those things make noise.
1927.
They've only had jets since 1953. So anyone who has lived there since 1952 deserves a bit of sympathy. Folks that haven't lived in the same house near the base for at least 65 years deserve none.
It was built in 1925. When did the residents move in?
I grew up near Selfridge ANG Base. F4, F16, A10, C130, KC135’s flew over frequently. I survived.
I now live near Aberdeen proving grounds. Planes and helicopters fly over daily. Yesterday, one was so low, it seemed turbulence from the rotor blades shook my shingles.
Frequent explosions shake the house.
We survive and and relish the sound of freedom.
I grew up under that pattern.
I remember B-36’s and B-29’s flying over us in the 50’s.
B-47’s and B-52’s in the early 60’s.
The huge F-4 Wing moved there in 64 or 65, forget which. They would launch NW over town all day long heading to the Gila Bend Gunnery Range as it was called then. Occasionally go supersonic on their way out, it wasn’t a big deal then. Shake the windows as they went to full mil power with the AB’s on.
Even saw Tomcat or two in the early 70’s. Then the A-10’s.
That base and those aircraft are pretty much the reason Tucson existed for the last 70 years. It was there when my family moved there in 1940. My mom remembered the B-17s training there during the war.
The attorney b***h and her outraged buddies can move to Marana. Real quiet out there. Except when some of the aerobatic people fly over out of Marana Regional, and upset her sensitive ears.
To me growing up I loved it. I woke up in the morning listening to F-4’s doing preflight power checks all the way at the end of 13643’ long Runway 12-30. They were 12 miles from me and I could hear them.
Still love it.
Screw her and the burro she rode in on.
And that barracks was of WWII vintage and no where near as sound proofed as a normal new construction home.
Cry me a river of tears to swim in.
Of course she knew that when they bought the house and she says that in time you get used to it.
And when I visit I rush out of the house when I hear them because it's such an impressive sight.
I was around the corner from DM at the Pima Air Museum last month. First time I was in that area in about 15 years. I was shocked to see suburbs slammed up all around that area. FRegards.
I am from Tucson and grew up near D-M when it was a SAC base and had B-52’s stationed there. I also remember the U-2’s, F-100’s, F-105’s and Phantoms flying over Tucson. We used to ride our bikes out to the edge of the base to feel the rumble of the B-52’s taking off. The Phantoms used to fly over Tucson with the afterburners on, no one gave it a second thought. If I remember correctly, the bee has been there since 1941.
Another round of Base Realignment will settle this beef by closing the base.
Bring back the B-36 and the B-58. Those planes can wake the dead.
I hate retards who move next to an airfield and then complain about the noise. It’s like, they just woke up one day and noticed that they had moved next to an airfield. It’s the sound of freedom. Love it or move your airhead ass to Canada.
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