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Thousands Sign Petition to Show Support of F-35's

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. -

Eleven thousand Vermonters signed a petition, declaring their support  for basing the F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport.

People opposed say the jets are too loud and home property values will suffer. But supporters say the new aircraft aren't louder than a siren.

They want to keep the Air National Guard strong and keep soldiers employed.

"For six minutes a day, four days a week, we get eleven hundred jobs," Frank Cioffi, President of Good Jobs in a Clean Environment said.

The Air Force is supposed to make a decision by the beginning of the year.

If passed, the F-35's would call South Burlington home in 2018.

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