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Tue Nov-04-08 02:50 PM
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I just heard a couple of fighter jets go over DC. nt |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:50 PM
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1. luckily McCain's no longer in the Air Force |
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otherwise one might have crashed into your house
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:54 PM
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7. Naval Aviator, albeit a terrible one. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:54 PM
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8. Sorry to say, he was navy. nt |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:54 PM
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10. He was in the Navy My Friend |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:51 PM
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2. Is that unusual for DC? |
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Help me out here. I live in San Diego and work just west of MCAS Miramar, so we get dozens of military aircraft every day.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:52 PM
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5. Yes, it is. Sometimes they warn us of drills. I wonder if the airspace was violated or something. |
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I can still hear them.
As someone who lived in Va. Beach, I know the sound.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:57 PM
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:59 PM
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17. Oh, you hear them flying out of Fentress, don't you? |
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:18 PM
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Tue Nov-04-08 04:42 PM
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What precinct? I voted at John Yeates MS at 7am (waited since 5:30ish)
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:55 PM
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Between Bolling and Andrews AFB, there are a lot of military aircraft in the area.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:56 PM
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14. Those flight paths are very limited and there are rarely fighter jets. |
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I have friends that work at Bolling and another lives in the Andrews flight path.
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:26 PM
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25. They don't scramble out of Andrews anyway do they? |
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Edited on Tue Nov-04-08 03:26 PM by Virginia Dare
IIRC they scrambled out of Norfolk on 9/11 and were here within 10 minutes.
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:48 PM
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30. Langley AFB in Hampton, VA. nt |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:52 PM
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Edited on Tue Nov-04-08 02:52 PM by 1corona4u
I'm in West Palm Beach and nowhere near a base, and they go by here on occasion. Not a biggie I'm sure.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:53 PM
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6. DC is not West Palm Beach. nt |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:52 PM
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4. same here in madison, WI |
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It's like they scrambled the whole damn base.
I've been looking on here for causes.... I wonder what's going on.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:55 PM
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12. Hmm....I haven't heard any |
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and I've heard plenty of F16's in my day...I was just up on the roof of our building working on the network, so I'd have heard any aircraft. Maybe they stuck over the east side close to Truax?
Todd in Cheesecurdistan
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:58 PM
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16. What base is up there? |
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Tue Nov-04-08 07:48 PM
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37. yeah, i'm on the east side |
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and they weren't "commercial jets" . . .
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:54 PM
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9. I suggest panicing now |
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why wait for any sort of information?
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:55 PM
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13. I was wondering if anyone heard about an air space violation. That's what it usually is. |
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Fighters don't go over the area without a reason.
Guess I'll check the wtop website.
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:34 PM
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28. Mookie, read my answer #27 |
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:55 PM
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32. Haven't heard anything here on the local news |
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Not sure if they'd report it but you know how they like a good terror story, especially the local Fox affiliate. They see a shoebox left unattended and they go insane.
I wouldn't be shocked if they had CAP flying over all major cities tonight to prevent any sort of incident though.
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Tue Nov-04-08 04:00 PM
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33. Careful what you say about Fox5 that's Sue Palka's station!!! |
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:04 PM
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20. i picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue! |
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26. There's always amphetamines. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 08:00 PM
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39. I panic every time I hear/see a military helicopter |
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Nevermind the fact that I live near a military base.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:59 PM
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Putin must have reared his head in the Alaskan Airspace. Take cover run for your lives...
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:24 PM
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23. Dick Cheney's playing with the buttons again...n/t |
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:04 PM
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19. I read somewhere that they were having an exercise today |
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I kept thinking they should get the word out about this, but of course they didn't. Here is a notice, it was supposed to start on Monday and be 1 day, but it wouldn't surprise me if they extended it. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Air_Force_Plans_Flight_Exercise_Above_Washington.html
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:25 PM
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24. That's explains them, I heard them a night or two ago at home.. |
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folks don't understand that people in D.C. get a little jumpy when they hear those damn things.
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:32 PM
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27. I'm about 3 blocks from the WH right now, so I hear ya! |
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:49 PM
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31. I didn't see anything on the WTOP website - THANKS! I knew I wasn't going crazy.... |
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Gotta watch Jim Vance and Noreen Genstler more often!
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Tue Nov-04-08 07:50 PM
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:23 PM
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22. I'm right downtown, I didn't hear it... |
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but maybe the jackhammers drowned them out. I've heard them out in the suburbs a couple times in the past week though.
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Tue Nov-04-08 03:35 PM
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29. Honestly, I think it's probably a good idea to have them up today. nt |
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Tue Nov-04-08 04:05 PM
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34. Getcher fukkin head down right fukkin now!!!!!!! |
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