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Wow...I just heard an F/A-18 fly over. Did you hear it?

Posted - November 3, 2018

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  • No, but ABIA is almost too close.
      November 3, 2018 1:37 PM MDT
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  • 44617
    We had one come here to an air show and it did a fly-by. I missed it. However, when the Thunderbirds were in town a couple of years ago, they flew directly over my house at about 500 feet and 500 MPH. It was awesome. They scared my wife, as she had never seen such a thing.
      November 3, 2018 1:42 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    No, we are in different places. 
      November 3, 2018 2:28 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    no
      November 3, 2018 2:52 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      The plane in your accompanying photo bears the unit designation VMFA-212, meaning:

    V stands for aircraft squadron
    M stands for US Marine Corps
    F stands for fighter (air-to-air)
    A stands for attack (air-to-ground)

    US Marine Corps fighter/attack squadron 212.   This is a dual-purpose aircraft in that it can engage enemy aircraft with machine guns and/or missiles, and it can also be fitted with bombs for attacking enemy ground positions or enemy ships.  Depending on which variant of the aircraft it is, it is either single-seater or double-seater.
    ~
      November 3, 2018 3:24 PM MDT
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  • 44617
    I didn't see that. I know what F/A means. We have a squadron of these here at the 180th ANG station.
      November 3, 2018 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 10639
    Not today.  U-2's are far more common around here (they make a sound unlike any other)
      November 3, 2018 3:31 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    No. But, I did hear a humming bird. :) :)
      November 5, 2018 11:18 AM MST
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  • I need to make up some more food for mine. :)
      November 5, 2018 11:19 AM MST
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  • 44617
    Ours are gone.
      November 5, 2018 11:34 AM MST
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  • Mine are, too, probably because I haven't made them any food in a couple of years. xD
      November 5, 2018 11:44 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Sweetness, 

    That was no airplane.


      November 5, 2018 11:26 AM MST
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  • 44617
    I slay dragons.

      November 5, 2018 11:36 AM MST
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  • 46117
    No.  You don't.

    Anyone who slays dragons does not come at them in a tin can already packed for the barbque that you will soon be inside there.

    What are you going to do?  Throw that ax at him?   His head alone, is bigger than 10 of you.  Even a gigantic crossbow the size of a MAC truck doesn't work.  

    Get a job.  LOL   Just Kidding.  Stay home and watch this amazing show.  It's really good.  

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 5, 2018 11:57 AM MST
      November 5, 2018 11:45 AM MST
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