JNYORK

[Mescalero]

Heads up, the first F-35 flew into Luke AFB yesterday; more to come.
They will be tearing up that Yuma gunnery range pretty soon.

[jnyork]

The Marines here at MCAS Yuma have had them for several months now. We live only 2 miles from the base and see them frequently at low altitude as we are right under the downwind leg when they are shooting touch and go's. Noisy brutes but no worse that the Harriers we have had here for years. I don't mind the noise one bit, it's the sound of me NOT having to take my wife down town and get her fitted for a burka.

[Blaine]

The Marines here at MCAS Yuma have had them for several months now. We live only 2 miles from the base and see them frequently at low altitude as we are right under the downwind leg when they are shooting touch and go's. Noisy brutes but no worse that the Harriers we have had here for years. I don't mind the noise one bit, it's the sound of me NOT having to take my wife down town and get her fitted for a burka.

You betcha....I straddle McChord AFB, and Ft Lewis.....(I refuse to call it Joint Base Lewis/McChord ) The multiple sounds of freedom are loud, and plentiful around here.

[92&94]

When I was in college I lived right under the Davis Monthan approach, got used to the nice quiet A-10's flying over. Then there would be the occasional Harrier or F4 that would really get your attention

Not as fun as an air show, but still fun!

[Modoc ED]

I live in one of the most sparsely populated parts of the country. Fighter aircraft from the USAF Reserve Base in Klamath Falls, OR practice their air combat manuvers in the area directly above my house. What's really cool is to see them deploy chaff especially at night when you can follow it easily as it appears to be on fire. It's really something to see two to six jets manuvering around each other. They make a lot of noise and I enjoy every second of it.