Extremely Loud F-35s Are Potential Health Hazard Costing Taxpayers Millions

When it comes to sound, the F-35 is really loud. Tests have the F-35 being perceived as four times as loud as an F-16 and many times louder than an A-10.

A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft is seen at the ILA Air Show in Berlin, on April 25, 2018. Axel Schmidt/Reuters

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When it comes to shape, the F-35 is pretty stealthy when going up against legacy air defense radars. But when it comes to sound, the F-35 is loud—really, really loud. In fact, tests have the F-35 being perceived as four times as loud as an F-16 and many times louder than an A-10.