Comments on: The Marines Have Landed–Repeatedly https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/ A different slant on the news. Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:38:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Martin Fredmont https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108525 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:38:48 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108525 I think the reality of what Boise is now hasn’t sunk in for a lot of the folks at BOI or Gowen. I don’t doubt that in a few years the national guard will be driven out of Boise and that BOI will be sued over and over again for commercial noise. The city was poorly designed from a noise standpoint to begin with but now that money is coming into the city folks will fight for more peace and quite in parts of the city that were never meant to be quite. As a former Marine I don’t mind the jets but I also can’t deny what I’ve seen happen to the Treasure Valley. Part of me is excited for it and another part of me is sad to know that one day Gowen will be gone.

]]> By: Josh Swift https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108524 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:58:06 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108524 you know where your freedom doesnt exist!]]> Veteran here, I personally love the sound of freedom flying overhead knowing our proud men and woman are getting those much needed hours behind the stick so that they are mission ready at all times against our enemies. Now for all you cry babies needing tissues if you dont like the noise move to california 👍 you know where your freedom doesnt exist!

]]> By: Easterner https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108523 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:13:50 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108523 Finally heard em this morning- well 2 of em.
I stepped outside into the fresh, free air and a rumbling sound broke through the static of noisy big trucks, whiney rice burner cars, and Harley motorcycles.
Nice! I was just missing the bugling.

For Frank on a comment of public servants and the following ‘cheap private sector” nonsense–

here’s your sign: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mar-a-lago-resort-charged-taxpayers-3-water-wapo-2020-10

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/486209-new-documents-show-trump-company-has-charged-secret-service-628000

the examples and the VIOLATIONS of law are horrendous – law and order baby!

]]> By: No, costs more https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108522 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 01:56:01 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108522 Frank, nothing is cheaper than the private sector. The military is home to the $80,000 toilets seats and other wasteful nonsense.

]]> By: Frank https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108521 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:19:10 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108521 As one continues to hear the F-18’s we should ask why an independent contractor,Jackson Aviation, is servicing F-18’s? Wouldn’t it cost less and be training for the guard at Gowen Field to participate? Did an elected public servant make that decision, I wonder?

]]> By: Dave Kangas https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108519 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:45:57 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108519 If they are working with Jackson aviation my bet is that they are tweaking, tuning some electronics and then flight testing it. That would be about the only reason to be working with Jackson Aviation, IMO.

EDITOR NOTE–Another commenter said Jackson has the fuel contract for the visitors. Jackson seems to have a lot of military visitors in the course of a year.

]]> By: Caeth https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108518 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:05:43 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108518 Easterner,
Poor comparison. They wouldn’t leave Mnt. Home to come fly over the populated area. They don’t train over the city when here. They just use the airport as their base thus increasing the risk to the population.

]]> By: Easterner https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108515 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:47:21 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108515 well, as to the “update” of a Navy jet crash, above—sure, that unfortunately happens. That recent case was about 45 miles from their air station- much like Mtn Home is about 45 miles from Boise. So the idea these jets ought to be training at MH doesn’t exactly change the risk (based on the case referenced above).

And I can add in links to all the LifeFlight crashes IN A CITY, as well.

None the less, using a ‘potential’ plane crash from BOI is irrelevant in whether jets ought to be flying from our airport- same goes for 737Max, or A320, and DC-10 or any other plane. It’s an airport!

Still haven’t heard these jets.
Would love to see em today!

]]> By: Connor https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108514 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:16:46 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108514 There are no foreign jets in the us due to covid no matter where really. MHAFB had more marines out there and there was some over lap with the F-18s. There was the Av8B harrier and some other stuff

]]> By: Connor https://boiseguardian.com/2020/10/22/the-marines-have-landed-repeatedly/#comment-108513 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 05:18:26 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16585#comment-108513 The F-4s have been out of the Air Force forever and we have not had F-16s since gowen thunder which was the thunder birds! And nope the F-18s are juts student pilots practice mountain training and dog fighting!

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