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F-16 Noise Complaints to End

F16 Fighting Falcon prepares for training flight in Des Moines.
Rick Fredericksen
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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.