IPR News F-16 Noise Complaints to End Iowa Public Radio Published June 10, 2013 at 5:30 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen Rick Fredericksen / Iowa Public Radio Relief is coming soon for Des Moines residents bothered by noisy F-16 jet fighters. All 21 planes, with their roaring engines, will be phased out by fall. We observed flight training for the full impact.