Read the full article by Pat Elder (Military Poisons)
“TOKYO, JAPAN (August 10, 2024) Yokota Air Base is a massive installation with a runway that stretches 2 miles and houses 14,000 personnel. Nearby residents say the screaming jets are so loud they create a health hazard. The 5th generation, nuclear-capable jets are known to create sounds topping 120 decibels. The headquarters of U.S. Forces Japan and the Japan Air Defense Command Headquarters are located here. Yokota is the tip of the American spear in East Asia.
I don’t know if you remember the movie and Broadway production of the ‘Music Man,’ but he didn’t know the territory. I feel like him. Reading press accounts, DOD studies, and scouring Google images can only get you halfway there. Listening to locals completes the story. It’s humbling.”…