The Vermont Air National Guard is due to take delivery of the first two of what will become 20 F-35 fighter aircrafts, the first guard unit to receive the next-generation fighter.
The aircrafts will be based at the Burlington International Airport. They're being flown to Vermont on Thursday from the factory in Fort Worth, Texas.
The planes are a crowning achievement for the Vermont guard after years of hard work, planning and missions in their previous aircraft, F-16s that flew continuously for weeks over New York after the 9/11 attacks and in multiple combat tours in Iraq and other areas of the Middle East.
But some people feel the planes are too loud, and they worry about their presence in a suburban area.
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