On 3 Jul 2003 18:39:44 -0700, eschaal@justice.com  ...
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>Back in earlier days, there were complaints about the noise created by
>US jets flying overhead. Now that the US military has substantially
>reduced its presence the main four islands and the Self-Defense Forces
>took over, how come there are no published complaints about the high
>noise level by the Japanese fighter planes. Gifu is near a SDF air
>base, and I have heard more noise from fighters in two years as I did
>from airliners in twenty years in the Bay area.


Those F-15s are pretty noisy aren't they? Quite a distinct growl.

I know a former navy pilot, and he says one of the biggest problems is the
attitude some pilots, they just do not care about noise and think it is cool to
over fly key ground such as the emperor's palace.

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