[CPEO-MEF] Louder warplanes expected at Davis-Monthan AFB

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[Arizona]
Louder warplanes expected at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Associated Press
Oct. 7, 2002 07:57 AM

TUCSON - Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's attack jets are going to be
phased out and will be replaced by louder warplanes.

City Hall was notified by base officials that the noise zone near the
base could nearly double to accommodate future missions involving the
new planes.

The base now houses the largest fleet of the quietest warplane in the
Air Force inventory: the A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II. The twin-engine jets
average more than 200 takeoffs, landings and pattern flights every day.

But the celebrated attack jet, first introduced at D-M in 1975, is due
to be phased out starting later this decade.

While no firm plans have been announced, its replacement is expected to
be the supersonic Joint Strike Fighter, a futuristic warplane still in
development that is faster and considerably louder than the A/OA-10.

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1007DMNoise-ON.html

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