Training times change to lower noise

filled a meeting with the air force academy tonight. they’re worried about expanded flyovers… which they say are too close to their homes. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller is live at the air force academy tonight, greg it comes at a crucial time for the academy. james, heather, the academy is looking at a plan to expand their flying drills and practices. that means more flyovers from here to their practice areas – but homeowners say they’re flying too low. they are learning, but i’m going crazy, thank you harsh criticsm from homeowners directed at training commanders with the air force academy. they fly too low over the house. sherry dyer lives near the academy… when she moved in, she never heard a thing. i’m a retired person and i enjoyed the peace and quiet that we did have. but that’s changed… to the point she’s worried about her safety. if a plane should fall, they’re low enough that they would fall on their house. and she’s not alone. maybe in a test on any given day, maybe four or five days over a month. somebody from pikes peak council of governments and somebody from your staff just stand there. the air force academy says the flyovers moved up, now starting at 6am for t-53’s to get their own time separate flying time from parachutists and gliders. the way we had the airspace set up, we had periic traffic conflicts. an academy commander insists the noise reaches about 70 decibels… nats the same you’d hear during rush hour on i-25. but these neighbors… aren’t convinced. there’s a safety risk, it really is disturbing our quality of life. the pikes peak council of governments held that meeting in the springs tonight, to get homeowner input, as the afa looks at new and expanded training schedules in the future. reporting live, gm, nc, 13. pueblo police staff just stand there. the air force academy says the flyovers moved up, now starting at 6am for t-53’s to get their own time separate flying time from parachutists and gliders. the way we had the airspaceet up, we had periodic traffic conflicts. an academy commander insists the noise reaches about 70 decibels… nats the same you’d hear during rush hour on i-25. but these neighbors… aren’t convinced. there’s a safety risk, it really is disturbing our quality of life. the pikes peak council of governments held that meeting in the springs tonight, to get homeowner input, as the afa looks at new and expanded training schedules in the future. reporting live, gm, nc, 13. eblo police say they’re