If blame must be assigned, let's start with the local officials who allowed fairly high density residential development directly under MCAS Miramar's flight approaches. Aviation there predates WWII. The risk was known.

Encroachment of imprudent development upon military airbases is an ongoing problem that is increasingly impeding military readiness. I grew up under Moffett Field's flight path, and as a kid could lie on my back in my yard and count the rivets on P-3's flying over many times per day. That facility dated back to the airship era. Yet people who voluntarily moved in under its existing flight paths complained about the noise.

We are having the same problem at Eglin AFB, where the mayor of a local town that pretty much owes it's existence to the base is suing over noise from the new F-35s. Here in Pensacola, Florida, the "Cradle of Naval Aviation," we even have people who complain about the Blue Angels' practice shows.

In my experience, the military bends over backwards to be a good neighbor. But if you move in near an existing military base, you shouldn't [censored] about military operations; you've assumed that risk. More importantly, local officials should not allow developers to build where such conflicts are likely to be created.

Jeff