I always had problems falling asleep when I was home without all the noise. Rescue was usually right on the flightline for a quick response time and you had jets taking off all night/day. Earplugs were a good thing. Wonder why I have hearing loss. The wors were when we were on a large base and had the B1B's. They were freaking loud!
When I lived in AR, I was one mile from an air force base... They had c-130's and b-52's.... You didn't have to look to see what was taking off, the b-52's really shook the ground...
One day I was mowing the grass and I kept hearing jet planes going by in pairs... F-18's, f-14's.... Turned out there was an air show at the base that day... Saw some cool planes flying by...