More militarization for O’ahu! All the residents around Kane’ohe Bay are probably loving the prospect of more deafening noise from the planes. Peace activist and Quaker elder Elayne Pool got a good quote in the article. Kane’ohe residents need to be talking to folks in Ginowan City.
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Source: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110216_Navy_might_shift_more_jets_to_isles.html
Navy might shift more jets to isles
A cost-cutting effort could also mean more noise for Kaneohe
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 16, 2011
The Navy is looking at eliminating a West Coast base for its new P-8A Poseidon sub-hunting and surveillance planes, a cost-saving move that could shift more of the jets — and noise — to Kaneohe Bay, officials said.
Hawaii, Whidbey Island in Washington state and Jacksonville, Fla., had been selected in 2009 as home bases for the Poseidons, a version of the Boeing 737 that will replace aging, propeller-driven P-3C Orions.
Kaneohe Bay was picked for two squadrons and 18 aircraft that are expected to begin arriving in 2015.
But with the Pentagon seeking to re-prioritize $100 billion in spending, the Navy said it is considering operating from two bases instead of three.
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Kaneohe resident Elayne Pool, who has lived along the bay for 32 years, said she expects the P-8As to add to the din.
“I don’t want them to be here,” the 83-year-old said. “The noise factor is going to be incredible. Noise is a factor in this bay — it’s a basin and it resonates.”
She added that she can clearly see the underbellies of the P-3C Orions on approach from her condo a block off the beach, and she’s concerned about the torpedoes, cruise missiles, bombs and mines the planes can carry.
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