"Even if they get an excemption, affected people will probably come with pitchforks and torches to the headquarter. These supersonic booms are really loud." Ag

"Even if they get an excemption, affected people will probably come with pitchforks and torches to the headquarter. These supersonic booms are really loud." Agreed. I grew up near[1] the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and I have a very distinct childhood memory of some cadet breaking the sound barrier over our town. I was (figuratively) knocked out of my bed. It was unbelievably loud. I thought the world was ending. To be fair, this was probably a very low altitude flight so it was probably much worse than a "normal" sonic boom. Still... [1] Canon City, CO