[CPEO-MEF] Virginia Beach residents' group wants Oceana jets moved

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents to panel: Pack up the jets
Combat planes at Oceana make too much noise, they say

The Associated Press
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA)
April 10, 2005

VIRGINIA BEACH - A group of residents upset about jet noise plans to ask
a federal commission to relocate the Navy's combat jets from Oceana
Naval Air Station to another East Coast base.

Kim Johnson, chairwoman of Citizens Concerned About Jet Noise, said the
group wants the Base Realignment and Closure commission to move Oceana's
F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet jets and to use the Virginia Beach base
for other military functions.

"It was a very tough decision to make," Johnson said. "We have been
laboring over it for quite some time."

...

For the entire article, see
Residents to panel: Pack up the jets
Combat planes at Oceana make too much noise, they say

The Associated Press
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA)
April 10, 2005

VIRGINIA BEACH - A group of residents upset about jet noise plans to ask
a federal commission to relocate the Navy's combat jets from Oceana
Naval Air Station to another East Coast base.

Kim Johnson, chairwoman of Citizens Concerned About Jet Noise, said the
group wants the Base Realignment and Closure commission to move Oceana's
F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet jets and to use the Virginia Beach base
for other military functions.

"It was a very tough decision to make," Johnson said. "We have been
laboring over it for quite some time."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782062024&path=!news&s=1045855934842
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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