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Damn!!! F-16's hauling ass over Tulsa.

shiner

shiner

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Anyone else in Tulsa see/hear this? I was coming into the office and walking across the top floor of the parking garage. All of the sudden a flight of 4 F-16's came hauling ass low over downtown. Had people stopped in their tracks.....
 
It's not all that unusual to see F-16's from the local Air National Guard unit flying around, but the way these came over downtown was something else. Sounded like all hell breaking loose. Gotta love those things....
 
Originally posted by: shinerburke
It's not all that unusual to see F-16's from the local Air National Guard unit flying around, but the way these came over downtown was something else. Sounded like all hell breaking loose. Gotta love those things....
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We get that here on occasion as well since Dobbins AFB is just north of downtown ATL.

 
Originally posted by: rbloedow
What's the problem again?

<----military brat - lived on air force bases all his life
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No problem. Just the way they came over downtown was unusual. Normally they are at a reasonable altitude, today they were flying low and had those things kicked in the ass.

 
shinerburke, I was at starbucks last night and they were screaming by. They flew over at least a few times within just a couple hours. Whats up with that?
 
To me, there is nothing cooler than watching modern military jets cruise around. I could watch those things all day.
 
F-16s are quiet. I hear them at work all the time (Langley AFB). The loud jets are the F/A-18s, I live about 5 minutes from NAS Oceana and those Hornets are always flying over.

That's REAL jet noise there. :Q
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
F-16s are quiet. I hear them at work all the time (Langley AFB). The loud jets are the F/A-18s, I live about 5 minutes from NAS Oceana and those Hornets are always flying over.

That's REAL jet noise there. :Q
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For some reason or another there were some B52's flying into Tulsa one day, who knows why, and they were coming in low and slow approaching Tulsa from the South. They turned and made about 3 circles around downtown before heading off to the West. That was cool....talk about some noise..... The most impressive thing I have ever seen was while hunting down in SE Oklahoma. I was up on a ridge above a valley and some B-1's came screaming through the valley.....practicing low level bombing runs I guess....cool as hell.

 
Odd...

Hill AFB was conducting some kind of exercise around 3AM this morning. They had what sounded like air raid sirens going off, and were shooting some kind of artillery.

This is the first I've ever been awoken by this, and it scared the shite out of me. But, according to my friend who works as a civilian on base, they are doing these kinds of things all the time.
 
its not a real emergency or they wouldn't be there. tulsa and oklahoma in generally are both pretty expendable. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Hammer
its not a real emergency or they wouldn't be there. tulsa and oklahoma in generally are both pretty expendable. 😛
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I'll expend you!
But, seriously. This is probably one of the last places that I'd expect to find a need for any military.
 
Originally posted by: shinerburke
Originally posted by: Megatomic
F-16s are quiet. I hear them at work all the time (Langley AFB). The loud jets are the F/A-18s, I live about 5 minutes from NAS Oceana and those Hornets are always flying over.

That's REAL jet noise there. :Q
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For some reason or another there were some B52's flying into Tulsa one day, who knows why, and they were coming in low and slow approaching Tulsa from the South. They turned and made about 3 circles around downtown before heading off to the West. That was cool....talk about some noise..... The most impressive thing I have ever seen was while hunting down in SE Oklahoma. I was up on a ridge above a valley and some B-1's came screaming through the valley.....practicing low level bombing runs I guess....cool as hell.
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B1Bs don't do low-level bombing runs. This isn't world war 2 or vietnam where a low-altitude bombing run would ever be required from a $200 mil+ strategic bomber whose sole purpose (at it's inception) was to carry nuclear warheads.
 
Originally posted by: Elemental007
Originally posted by: shinerburke
Originally posted by: Megatomic
F-16s are quiet. I hear them at work all the time (Langley AFB). The loud jets are the F/A-18s, I live about 5 minutes from NAS Oceana and those Hornets are always flying over.

That's REAL jet noise there. :Q
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For some reason or another there were some B52's flying into Tulsa one day, who knows why, and they were coming in low and slow approaching Tulsa from the South. They turned and made about 3 circles around downtown before heading off to the West. That was cool....talk about some noise..... The most impressive thing I have ever seen was while hunting down in SE Oklahoma. I was up on a ridge above a valley and some B-1's came screaming through the valley.....practicing low level bombing runs I guess....cool as hell.
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B1Bs don't do low-level bombing runs. This isn't world war 2 or vietnam where a low-altitude bombing run would ever be required from a $200 mil+ strategic bomber whose sole purpose (at it's inception) was to carry nuclear warheads.
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nap of the earth flying i imagine is still practiced for various scenarios

 
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