ARTICLE ON OPERATION SNOWBIRD CAUSES A FLURRY OF LETTERS
On June 30, 2011 Dave Devine of the Tucson Weekly wrote an article about Operation Snowbird entitled “Noise vs. Jobs”. Operation Snowbird, an Air National Guard program that operates out of Davis-Monthan AFB expanded over the years to include F-18s, Harriers, F-15s, and Tornados, all without benefit of an Environmental Assessment of what the impact would be on the citizens of urban Tucson. (The long- overdue Environmental Assessment public meetings will be held at the end of September.) Dave Devine’s article started a series of letters to The Tucson Weekly’s “Mailbag”.
[Read more →]TUCSON FORWARD FAQ OPERATION SNOWBIRD
Over the next months we will be providing information about both the changes to Operation Snowbird, the Air National Guard program that operates out of Davis-Monthan AFB (D-M), and about the possible beddown of the F-35 at Tucson International Airport (TIA). Recall that the TIA 162nd Guard aircraft at times use the D-M flight path thus impacting both areas. This was disclosed in the F-35 EIS brochure at the scoping meetings back in March of 2010.
The educational material will be provided by a variety of Tucson Forward contributors. A FAQ about Tucson Forward and Operation Snowbird follows:
[Read more →]Environmental Analysis of the ANG Operation Snowbird Program to be Done
Will this analysis include the F-35?
It was announced at the 9/15/2010 Military Community Relations Committee (MCRC) meeting that Gulf South Research Corporation of Baton Rouge, La. signed a contract on September 9, 2010 with the Army Corps of Engineers to do an Environmental Analysis …
[Read more →]Want a Better Listener? Protect Those Ears
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, more than 15 minutes of exposure to 100 decibels is unsafe. F-35 over our heads will likely exceed this decible level.
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