Editorial: Jets - Point Mugu Naval Station, California.

Re: Leon Helfret’s Oct. 14 letter, “Military flights”:

Please do not consider closing our base. Yes, Camarillo has had flights over Santa Rosa Valley recently, but I must point out that this is the price of freedom! Point Mugu Naval Air Station existed long before any of the homes in the Mission Oaks area.

I used to go to Point Mugu with my mother to visit my brother in the hospital there when he returned from Vietnam in the 1960s. I have lived here in Camarillo since 1978 and at no time have I ever wished to close the base. The base protects us. Does Mr. Helfet want Al Qaeda attacking us? We need this base.

I do not think Mr. Helfet realizes that the pilots need to practice maneuvers to stay current. Yes, those jets are loud, but it is better than being dead. I will take the protection of those men and women who work at that base any day of the week rather than complain that some jet is loud. Bring on the jets!

- Denise Gartner Gamboa,

Camarillo

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