BEAUFORT — A small group of residents in South Carolina’s military-friendly Beaufort are raising objections to the potential noise and disruption a new Marine Corps fighter jet might bring to their region’s tranquility and tourism.
The Department of the Navy is slated to make a decision in the coming days about the placement of 13 F-35B fighter squadrons along the East Coast, with a mix of aircraft and support units expected to go to Beaufort’s Marine Corps Air Station and North Carolina’s Cherry Point Air Station.
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