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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7qtic8 wrote

Winooski all the time. The sound of freedom is the line we usually get.

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explosivebuttfarts t1_j7rbtj1 wrote

I feel so free. I like to think about how they each cost like $40,000 an hour to fly.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7rc293 wrote

Basing them in the middle of the most populated area of the state is a bit of a head scratcher but I'm used to it at this point. Worse in the summer with windows open, but you just stop what you're doing until they're gone.

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explosivebuttfarts t1_j7rdfme wrote

I get why they put them in Burlington, there's no other airport in the state that could handle it, but like, why tho.

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Corey307 t1_j7rehaq wrote

Money. Federal dollars keep up the runways and provide fire and emergency medical services to the airport, the airport doesn’t do a lot of business these days so without the military base it would struggle. Airport navy does 2/3rds the passenger volume it used to pre rona and even then it was rarely all outside of 4-5 hours a day.

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Careful_Square1742 t1_j7rh56s wrote

you're 100% correct. without vtang and the f35s, I seriously doubt the city could afford to keep BTV open.

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explosivebuttfarts t1_j7rfpit wrote

Totally fair, it's just too* easy to separate that good and real benefit from: "wow, this loud and expensive murder machine is frustrating, and that money could help a lot of people in this community" even though there's other benefits and dollars coming in because of them.

Edit: a word*

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Corey307 t1_j7rh2nc wrote

Thing is those dollars would not go to the community, the F-35’s would go to another base bringing money and jobs to another community.

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IAmAnthem t1_j7sgema wrote

We get the sound of freedom in Virginia from USMC live fire exercises 30 miles away. The big guns make a big enough explosion to feel like a small earthquake and sounds like thunder.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7shjpc wrote

Haha damn. I bet. We used to have other jets, and the city airport flight path is right over head. You better hope you don't get F-35s. Idk how they compare to artillery so I may be wrong. Passenger planes are not so bad. The old jets were loud. They were F-16 or F-14 I think. F-35 is a whole other thing.

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zombienutz1 t1_j7t6t40 wrote

F-16 and F-4 before that. Grew up under the F-16, now live under the F-35. Wouldn't suck so much if they didn't rip two sets of 8 overhead back to back.

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