MUCH.
% >>
GOOD
TO BE
WITH
YOU.
% IN
TONIGHT'S
CLOSER
LOOK,
THE % U.S.
AIR FORCE
IS
DECIDING
% WHETHER
TO
DECIDE
MADISON'S
% TRUAX
LOCATION.
% IT'S
ONE
TO
THE
115TH
FIGHTER % WING
AND THE
CURRENT
COMPLEMENT
% OF
F-16S.
% FOUR OTHER
AREAS
ARE
IN
THE
% RUNNING
ARE
FOR
18,
F-16
% FIGHTERS.%THE AIR FORCE
IS
RUNNING
INTO
% CONTROVERSY BECAUSE OF
THEIR OWN
% ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STATEMENT % THAT FOUNDED THE
CHANGE
IN THE
% NOISE ENVIRONMENT
ASSOCIATED
% WITH
THE
F-35S WOULD BE
% CONSIDERED
"SIGNIFICANT IN
THE
% AREA
SURROUNDING THE AIR
FIELD
% AND
THERE
WOULD BE
SIGNIFICANT
% DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS
TO
LOW
% INCOME AND MINORITY
POPULATIONS % AS WELL AS CHILDREN
.% BUT
SUPPORTERS OF
LOCATING
THE
% F-35S
SAY
THE
ECONOMIC
IMPACT
OF
% HAVING
THEM
HERE
WOULD BE
% SIGNIFICANT
TOO.
% AND THE
BASE
COULD
CLOSE WHEN
% ITS
AGING
FLEET
OF
F-16S
RETIRE.
% THIS
WEEK
THE
AIR FORCE
% ANNOUNCED
IT WOULD
EXTEND
PUBLIC
% COMMENT FOR
30
MORE
DAYS.
% WE
HEAR
NOW
FROM
BOTH
SIDES
OF % THE
DEBATE,
CHRIS
AERNS
AND
% THANK YOU BOTH
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >> FIRST TO YOU,
CHRIS,
WHAT
IS
% YOUR
OPINION?
% >>
THE
ECONOMIC
IMPACT
IS
% $100 MILLION.
% SUPPORTING
1200
JOBS
AND
THE
% F-35 WOULD SECURE THAT
MISSION
% FOR THE
NEXT 30
TO
40
YEARS.
% ABSENT
OF
THIS
MISSION,
I
CAN
% TELL
YOU
FIRST
HAND
HAVING
% THROWN
THE CURRENT
F-16S,
THEIR
% SHELF LIFE
IS
COMING
TO AN
END.
% IF
WE
DON'T GET
A
NEW
MISSION % SUCH
AS
THE
F-35,
THAT
PUTS
THE
% BASE
IN
JEOPARDY
OF
CLOSURE.
% >>
AND
REPRESENTATIVE
TAYLOR,
% WHAT
IS
YOUR
OPINION?
% >> THE
AIR FORCE
PUT OUT
2200
% INDIVIDUALS AND
1000
RESIDENCES
% ARE
GOING
TO BE
IMPACTED
THESE % ARE
VERY
LOUD
JETS.% THIS
IS,
THEY ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY
% LOUDER
AND
THAT'S
WHAT
THE
AIR % FORCE
SAID.
% THEY
WILL
RUN
APPROXIMATELY
2300
% ADDITIONAL
OPERATIONS AND WE
% KNOW THE
AIR FORCE
IS
ALSO
% TELLING US
THIS HAS A
DISPARATE
% IMPACT ON
COMMUNITIES
OF
COLOR
% AND
CHILDREN.
% WE
HAVE
SOME
OF THE MOST
% SIGNIFICANT RACIAL
INEQUITIES.
% WE
ALREADY
KNOW
SCHOOLS
ARE
% RIGHT
AROUND
THIS
ZONE
OF
NOISE.
% WE
KNOW THE
AIR FORCE
IS
TELLING
% US
KIDS
ARE
IMPACTED
BY
THIS
% TYPE
OF
NOISE.
% NO ONE
IN
THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
% STATEMENT
DOES
IT
SAY
TRUAX
WILL
% CLOSE.
% THEIR
OWN
ANALYSIS SAY
% OPERATIONS
WILL
CONTINUE.
% THEY POINT
TO
A
NEGLIGIBLE
% IMPACT.
% >>
WE
WILL
GET
6400
JOBS.
% WHAT ABOUT
THIS
WHOLE
CONCERN
IS
% THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
% STATEMENT
THAT
DID
SAY
THAT
THE
% NOISE
WOULD CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT
% ISSUES?
% >>
WE
BELIEVE
THAT
THE
% ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STATEMENT % IS
OVERSTATING
THE
NUMBER
OF
% OPERATIONS
THAT
ARE
GOING
TO
% OCCUR.
% IT
EVEN
SAYS
THIS IS
A
MAXIMUM
% POTENTIAL
IMPACT.
% WORSE
CASE
SCENARIO.
% AS
AN
OPERATOR, I
CAN
BREAK
DOWN
% ALL
OF
THOSE
NUMBERS,
THE
6200
% OPERATIONS.%PART
OF
THAT
ASSUMPTION IS
ALL
% FLIGHTS
WILL
FLIGHT OUT
OF
% MADISON.
% IT'S
JUST
NOT
TRUE.
% IN FACT
RIGHT
NOW,
OUR
F-16S ARE
% DEPLOYED
TO
AFGHANISTAN
AND
WILL
% REDUCE
20%
OFF
THE
BAT.
% WE ASKED
OUR
INPUT
TO THE
% COMMENTARY TO GIVE
US
A
MOST
% LIKELY
SCENARIO.
% I
THINK WITH
OVERSTATING
THE
% NUMBER OF
OPERATIONS IN
THERE,
I
% AGREE,
IT
DOES
WORRY
I
THINK
% UNDULY THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
% WE
NEED
A
BETTER
IDEA
OF THE
% NOISE.%>> WHAT ABOUT
THIS
WHOLE
ISSUE
% OF
AFTERBURNERS?
% THEY
TAKE OFF
AND
IT'S
THIS
% SUPER
POWERED
BURNER
AND
T
HAT'S
% EVEN
LOUDER.
% IS THAT
ACCURATE?
% >>
THAT
IS.
% CURRENT
OPERATIONS
WITH
THE
F-16
% USE
60%
OF THE
TIME.
% THAT
INCREASES
THEIR
SPEED
FOR % TAKE
OFF.
% THAT'S REALLY DUE
TO
WEATHER
% CONDITIONS,
ESSENTIALLY
THE
% HOTTER IT IS,
THE
MORE
THEY
HAVE
% TO
USE
IT.
% WITH
THE
F-35S, IT
HAS
A
MORE
% POWERFUL
ENGINE AND
ONLY
% REQUIRES 5%
FOR
AFTER
BURNER % TAKE
OFF.
% >>
WHEN
CHRIS
ARENZ
SAYS
THESE
% PLANES
WON'T
BE
OPERATING AT
% THAT
LEVEL,
WHAT
ABOUT
THAT?
% DOES
THAT
SOFTEN
THE
BLOW
FOR
% YOU?
% >>
NO.
% THE
AIR FORCE
WAS
JUST
ASKED
% THIS
QUESTION
AND HE WAS
ASKED,
% IS
THIS
SIMILAR TO
CURRENT
% OPERATIONS AND
THEY
CAME
BACK
TO
% SAY
THIS IS
THE
NUMBER
OF
% OPERATIONS.%THEY DETERMINE
THE
NUMBER
OF
% OPERATIONS.
% THEY HAVE
REAFFIRMED
THE
NUMBER
% OF
OPERATIONS
PREDICTED
ARE
AS
% WHAT
THEY
BELIEVE
IT
TO
BE.
% >>
NOW IN
TERMS
OF THE NOISE
% LEVELS, IN
THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD,
OR
% NEIGHBORHOODS, AREN'T
THEY
% ALREADY
AFFECTED
BY
TRUAX
AND
% THE
F-16S.
% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% THESE
JETS ARE NOT
A LITTLE BIT
% NOISIER
BUT
MORE.
% IT'S
ESTIMATED IT'S
AT
10
% DECIBEL
INCREASE.
% TO THE HUMAN
EAR,
THAT'S
TWICE % AS
LOUD.% >>
HOW LOUD
IS
IT?
% WHAT
IS
YOUR
EXAMPLE,
YOU
% SUGGEST
PEOPLE IN
SCHOOLS
AND
% CHILDREN
IN THEIR
HOMES,
WHAT
% ARE THEY
GOING TO
HEAR?
% >>
IN MY
DISTRICT,
CARP
PENTER
% RIDGE
WAY.
% THE
PEEK
TO
GET
TO
114
DECIBELS.% THAT'S
A
ROCK
CONCERT.
% HAWTHORNE
SCHOOL HAS
68%
OF THE
% KIDS ARE
LOW
INCOME.
% 74%
ARE
KIDS
ARE
COLOR.
% THEY
ALREADY DO
HEAR
NOISE.
% I
HAVE
HEARD THAT
FROM
THE
% TEACHERS.%THIS TYPE
OF
JET
IS
GOING
TO
FLY
% OVER
THEIR
SCHOOL.% THEY
DON'T
HAVE
AIR
% CONDITIONING.
% YOU
CAN'T
MITIGATE
A
PLAY
GROUND
% AND
THE
AIR
FORCE'S OWN
STUDY
% SAYS
CHILDREN
CAN BE
ADVERSELY
% AFFECTED BY
AIRPORT NOISE.
% IT
DECREASES
THEIR
READING.% >> HOW MUCH DOES THAT
RESONATE % WITH
SUPPORTERS
BRINGING
IN
THE
% F-35S
IN
HERE?
% >>
ABSOLUTELY,
WHAT
I
WANT
TO
% RETURN
TO.
% WE'RE
NOT
DISPUTING
THE
NUMBER
% OF
OPERATIONS BUT
SAYING THOSE
% OPERATIONS WON'T OCCUR
HERE
IN
% MADISON.%SO
BECAUSE
OF
THAT,
THAT
IMPACT
% THAT
IS
SHOWN
IN
THE
NOISE
% CONTOURS
WHICH IS
A
DIRECT
% RELATION
TO
HOW MANY IS
% INACCURATE
AND
IS
MUCH
SMALLER.
% SO
WHAT
WE
SAY
IS,
WE
DO
NOT
% THINK
IT WILL
HAVE THE
IMPACT
% THAT
THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
% SAYS.%>>
REPRESENTATIVE TAYLOR DOESN'T
% BELIEVE
IT'S
ACCURATE.
% IF THE
F-35S
DON'T
COME
HERE, % THAT
AIR
FIELD
WOULD
CLOSE.
% >>
THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY
THE
% CONCLUSION THAT
WILL
HAPPEN.
% IN FACT
IT'S
BEEN
STATED
BY
% FORMER
SECRETARY
OF THE
AIR
% FORCE, WILSON IN
REGARD TO
% BURLINGTON,
VERMONT
IF THE % MISSION
DIDN'T
COME THERE,
THEY
% WOULD
LOSE
THE
BASE.
% >>
THE PUBLIC
COMMENT