Update on helicopter noise
The Times-Dispatch has been reporting on the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s two-week intensive urban-training exercises, which started earlier this week. The 1,900-person unit has been conducting training around Richmond and points west, and appears to be the source of the loud helicopter noises in the area: Lt. Col. Paul Ryan, who is in charge of the […]
The Times-Dispatch has been reporting on the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s two-week intensive urban-training exercises, which started earlier this week. The 1,900-person unit has been conducting training around Richmond and points west, and appears to be the source of the loud helicopter noises in the area:
Lt. Col. Paul Ryan, who is in charge of the unit’s air squadron, said landing near schools and high-tension power lines is a rare opportunity.
“It’s been eye-opening to be able to get out and work around that kind of stuff,” he said.
Ryan said he knows some residents have been bothered by the noise, but he said the Marines have made every effort to minimize the impact of the exercise on the community.
“We’ve blown a few [trash cans] over,” said Capt. Justin McKenney, pilot of a tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey, an aircraft that can take off and land in confined spaces. “We picked them up.”
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