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Group from Madison, Wisconsin, visits Burlington to learn about F-35s

Madison, Wisconsin, could soon be home to a fleet of 20 F-35s

Group from Madison, Wisconsin, visits Burlington to learn about F-35s

Madison, Wisconsin, could soon be home to a fleet of 20 F-35s

F35S... ALL FOUR WOMEN VISITING OPPOSE THE JETS... NERVOUS ABOUT THE IMPACT THEY COULD HAVE ON THEIR COMMUNITY. <29:27:19 NATS / PLANE TAKING OFF > <29:43:10 THAT NOISE WE JUST HEARD WAS 86 DECIBLES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TAKEOFF FROM, THAT SAME TAKE OFF WHEN IT'S THE F35'S IS 118 DECIBLES > THAT NOISE IS CONCERNING TO MADISON, WISCONSIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REBECCA KEMBLE... <30:24:04 IT'S EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO ME AND WHAT'S EVEN MORE CONCERNING IS THAT THESE ARE JUST INFERENCES THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE THE FACTS > KEMBLE IS VISITING BURLINGTON THIS WEEK WITH OTHER WISCONSIN LEADERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT VERMONT'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE F35'S... SINCE THE AIR FORCE IS CONSIDERING MAKING MADISON HOME TO A FLEET OF 20...BY 2023. <23:01:00 WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED AND WE'RE HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY > WISCONSIN STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS TAYLOR SAYS THE AIR FORCE IS BEING TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT JUST HOW LOUD THE JETS ARE... AND WHAT IMPACTS IT COULD HAVE ON THE DENSELY POPULATED CITY, WHERE 60- THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN A THREE- MILE RADIUS OF THE AIRPORT, WHERE THE PLANES WOULD BE STATIONED. <27:59:06 I'M HERE TO LEARN. AND I DID WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE JETS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN > THE GROUP HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE THEY ARRIVED TUESDAY TO HEAR THE ROAR OF THE F35S... BUT DESPITE THEIR EFFORTS TO MEET WITH THE VERMONT AIR NATIONAL GUARD TO ASK QUESTIONS... THEY SAY THEY'VE BEEN MET WITH SILENCE. <41:27:16 WE'RE NOT JUST OUT HERE TO HEAR THESE PLANES. I MEAN THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US BUT WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHO WE'RE CONCERNED WITH. WE'RE CONCERNED WITH PEOPLE AND HOW THEY'RE IMPACTED
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Group from Madison, Wisconsin, visits Burlington to learn about F-35s

Madison, Wisconsin, could soon be home to a fleet of 20 F-35s

"That noise we just heard was 86 decibels," said Madison, Wisconsin, city council member Rebecca Kemble, showing members of the media the reading on her sound meter near the Burlington International Airport. "We understand that same takeoff when it's the F-35s is 118 decibels."The noise level is concerning to her."It's extremely concerning to me. What's even more concerning is that these are just inferences that we're making. I wish we could have the facts," she said.Kemble is visiting Burlington this week with other Wisconsin leaders to learn more about Vermont's experience with the F-35s, since the Air Force is considering making Madison home to a fleet of 20 F-35s by 2023."We're really concerned, and we're here to learn more about what's going on in this community," said Wisconsin State Rep. Chris Taylor.Taylor said the Air Force is being tight-lipped about just how loud the jets are and what impacts they could have on the densely populated city where 60,000 people live within a 3-mile radius of the airport where the jets would be stationed."I'm here to learn. I did want to have the opportunity to listen to the jets. I don't know if that's going to happen," said Brandi Grayson, CEO of Urban Triage, a nonprofit based in Madison, Wisconsin. The group has been waiting since they arrived Tuesday to hear the roar of the F-35s, but though they've been waiting for them fly above them at the airport and despite their efforts to meet with the Vermont Air National Guard to ask questions, they say they've been met with silence."We're not just out here to hear these planes. I mean, that would be helpful for us, but we really want to hear from the people. That's who we're concerned with. We're concerned with people and how they're impacted," said Taylor.The group hopes their trip will have an impact on their community once they get back home to Madison.The group is planning on attending an FAA meeting at the Burlington International Airport Thursday to hear community feedback about the F-35s. They'll also be meeting with Burlington International Airport Director Gene Richards.If you'd like to share your thoughts about the F-35s with the group from Wisconsin, email Rep.Taylor@legis.wisconsin.gov to set up a time to meet.

"That noise we just heard was 86 decibels," said Madison, Wisconsin, city council member Rebecca Kemble, showing members of the media the reading on her sound meter near the Burlington International Airport. "We understand that same takeoff when it's the F-35s is 118 decibels."

The noise level is concerning to her.

"It's extremely concerning to me. What's even more concerning is that these are just inferences that we're making. I wish we could have the facts," she said.

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Kemble is visiting Burlington this week with other Wisconsin leaders to learn more about Vermont's experience with the F-35s, since the Air Force is considering making Madison home to a fleet of 20 F-35s by 2023.

"We're really concerned, and we're here to learn more about what's going on in this community," said Wisconsin State Rep. Chris Taylor.

Taylor said the Air Force is being tight-lipped about just how loud the jets are and what impacts they could have on the densely populated city where 60,000 people live within a 3-mile radius of the airport where the jets would be stationed.

"I'm here to learn. I did want to have the opportunity to listen to the jets. I don't know if that's going to happen," said Brandi Grayson, CEO of Urban Triage, a nonprofit based in Madison, Wisconsin.

The group has been waiting since they arrived Tuesday to hear the roar of the F-35s, but though they've been waiting for them fly above them at the airport and despite their efforts to meet with the Vermont Air National Guard to ask questions, they say they've been met with silence.

"We're not just out here to hear these planes. I mean, that would be helpful for us, but we really want to hear from the people. That's who we're concerned with. We're concerned with people and how they're impacted," said Taylor.

The group hopes their trip will have an impact on their community once they get back home to Madison.

The group is planning on attending an FAA meeting at the Burlington International Airport Thursday to hear community feedback about the F-35s. They'll also be meeting with Burlington International Airport Director Gene Richards.

If you'd like to share your thoughts about the F-35s with the group from Wisconsin, email Rep.Taylor@legis.wisconsin.gov to set up a time to meet.