Its so funny to hear people complaining about the noise. Let me ask a very simple question to thouse in the flight path of these bases. What was there first, the base or you? Im going to go out on a limb here and say the base was there first. If that is the case, why did you decide to move in an area you knew had jets flying over it? Japan has to have an Air Force, just as it has to have international airports. I wonder if as many complain about large interstate highways near their house? What next? Are we to abolish airports and military bases for the sake of quietness. These things are essential. In a country where there is little space, where else are you to put a large military base. The ones who usually complain about the noise have alterior motives such as their dislike for the military. Otherwise they would be complaining about every car driving past their house.