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Too Loud for the Valley? Resistance to the Introduction of the F-35 Grows in Meiringen
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The Department of Defense is starting this week a crucial phase of information with the residents of the military bases of Payerne, Meiringen and Emmen. But the postponement of the F-35 noise tests is blurring a dialogue already under high tensionC is a new cougac in the F-35 file. On Tuesday, two aircraft were to be deployed on the Meiringen airbase to carry out comparative noise tests with the current F/A-18. But the exercise was postponed. Th…
The VBS appeases, the residents warn: The new fighter jet could cause significantly more noise in the narrow valley than calculated. Critics now demand transparency and measurements.
The VBS has presented its measures to reduce noise in relation to the F-35A.
The population living near the military airbases in Payerne, Meiringen and Emmen will receive noise-resistant windows to reduce the noise pollution caused by the F-35A. Some 230 buildings are affected.
The F-35 is louder than the F/A-18. Therefore, the Air Force must improve noise abatement around the airfields in Payerne, Meiringen, and Emmen. The army announced the planned measures on Monday.
The new F-35 fighter jets require additional noise protection measures at the three military airfields of Payerne VD, Meiringen BE and Emmen LU.
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