To reply to Andi Malmstead:

First of all, very few modern “fighter jets” take off from Paine Field. They are restricted (by the military) from using “full military power” over civilian areas unless it is an emergency. Go up to NAS Whidbey if you want to “hear” what full power (with afterburners) sounds like (and they head out over the water first thing anyway).  Also, the “dreamlifter” is only carrying an empty (large) shell.  When a fully loaded passenger jet takes off, it is climbing for altitude as quick as it can under FULL power.  That makes a considerable amount of noise compared to non-fully loaded new aircraft that is being tested.  Go down to SeaTac and stand at the end of the runway and ask yourself if you want that ALL of the time over YOUR home.  I don’t.  And as I said before, I was never given any "vote" in the matter.  Every time a vote was taken in the past, it was rejected by a large margin.  This time they are just going ahead anyway, despite how the public feels!