There are many communities in the U.S. and abroad that are concerned about hosting an F-35 bed-down.
Also, the argument is broader than, ¨Why did they buy a house near an airport anyway?¨
Of interest, it is my opinion that some of these places will never see an F-35 because the program is really in that much trouble. But let us assume it gets that far and the U.S. is able to field more than a few hundred of these now obsolete aircraft.
If it gets that far, the USAF and others, will have to understand that some can do better socioeconomic studies than they can. Like, for instance, those from Boise.
“The socioeconomic analysis contained in the Air Force’s DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Statement) is fundamentally flawed and grossly insufficient. The DEIS cannot possibly be considered reliable or informative in any way with respect to the true socioeconomic impact of the F-35A Pilot Training Center on the Boise community.”
What I find interesting is that some of these groups have not caught on to the fact that the F-35, if it is ever fielded, is made to do some of its combat operations at night. Most of the air wars the U.S. start are at night. This means, training at night.
I wonder what these communities will think of that?
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Oh hell there will be massive court battles and the cash strapped USAF will end up buying peoples houses adding more to the already unsustainable bottom line created by the JSF Program.
Or like Horde appropriately states, it's like Herpes - it's the gift that just keeps giving!
TBTF
In point of fact, the Air Force can't buy houses for environmental mitigation. Any purchase must be funded by Congressional action.
Point of fact its irrelevant if the USAF is paying for the houses or the DoD, Congress, etc, etc.
It will come out of the same pot of money that's bankrupting the service, the trillion dollar black hole called JSF Program.
Last time I checked there's plenty of morons in Congress still supporting this flying abortion that would be happy to waste more money and buy houses.
But hey lets look on the bright side, there's some good deals in the housing market these days.
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