Truax Apartment residents on F-35s

On Saturday, September 14, Maria Powell (MEJO’s Executive Director) went door-to-door talking to Truax Apartments residents about what they think of the current F-16 fighter jet noise at the Truax Air National Guard military base 2400 feet from their homes–and the plan to site even louder F-35s there in the future.

Nearly all of the residents Maria talked to had babies, toddlers, and/or small children. Because military noise modeling deemed the city-owned Truax Apartments as just outside of the alleged 65dB noise area, residents there would not qualify under FAA for noise mitigation if the F-35s are located at Truax Field.

One resident, Loretta J. Smith, wanted to share her experiences and recommendations with public officials, since she was not aware of the public meetings organized on the F-35s last week (video 1 below). Many other residents in the apartments made similar comments. While talking with her, an F16 jet flew over (video 2).  Also read the no F-35 testimony of Touyeng Xiong, a long-time Truax Apartment resident, here.