Sat, Oct 15, 2005
Several Cities And Towns File Noise Grievance
Tokyo's government, along with those of five other cities and
towns, filed a letter of grievance with the Air Force's Yokota Air
Base, saying there's just too much noise. The group wants US
officials to take preventative action after a recent spike in noise
complaints from Japanese citizens.
The group demanded US military officials implement "stricter
implementation of noise-prevention measures," according to 374th
Airlift Wing spokesman Capt. David Westover.
“We responded by stating that we understand these concerns
and that minimizing noise is a top priority of senior
leadership,” Westover told Stars & Stripes.
The letter said noise levels at Yokota had increased since June
because of a rise in the number of low-flying aircraft into and out
of the base. Most of the complaints -- 80 of 89 -- arose from an
incident where the base's runways were closed as a flight of four
transient fighter aircraft approached to land. The four made a low
pass over the runway, then departed the area, according to
Westover.
Other complaints alleged flights between 2200 and 0600 were far
too noisy, as were sirens stemming from a base exercise.
“There is a concern that this may have negative impact on
the relations between Yokota Air Base and local communities,”
the grievance letter stated.
“For more than 40 years, Yokota Air Base has limited its
night-flying operations as much as possible... to reduce aircraft
noise for the citizens of our surrounding communities,”
Westover told Stars & Stripes. The local officials asked for
more information about training flights and asked the USAF to
restrain training activity during overnight hours.
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