Had 7 fly over the house today. Had to be below 1,000 feet. Made things shake. What a beautiful bird. I could the see the markings clear. No ordinance. Awesome sight. Just glad they came over when I had finished my coffee for the day. Could've been messy.

Sarge

Being close to Seymour Johnson AFB, I see them frequently. I've been in a nice quiet beaver swamp and had them come screaming overhead, and I just about messed my britches. That happened more than once.

Love when military aircraft flies over.

A couple years ago, I heard a huge rumble , knew it was something big.

Went outside, and soon saw three Chinooks in formation flying right over the top of my cabin. They were extremely low altitude, just above tree level. I waved my arms in greeting to them. I could just make out one of the guys looking down at me. I know they appreciated my greeting. Don't know why they were all so low. They were headed to the nearby AFB.


Another time I heard the distinctive sound of a Huey . There is nothing on earth like that sound. I went out and waved at the pilots as they flew over . They actually turned around, flew back over me and did a neat dip as they went over.

Flying with my father instilled a love of all aircraft for me, forever.

What a neat experience you had, Sarge. I bet it brings memories, as it does with many vets.

I have had Chinooks come over My old house low a few times im Guess from Campbell to?. Definitely make some noise.

We get the huge helicopters over the farm. Headed, I think, to Ft. Sill. Very impressive.

Sharon, everything you mentioned flys over the house. Ch46 and Ch47 and yes my favorite the huey. Did my first solo jumps out of a huey. Did so from 2500 to 10,000 feet. I still yearn to put my knees in the breeze.
Also got to do fast rope, repelling, and some door gunner action. Though it seems the M60 and I have quite a bit of history. Never had a huey to fail. But had a Blackhawk to developed hydraulic issues and thank goodness the pilots were good. Only issue, had to drop us into the middle of nowhere and we humped all night to get to our objective. That sucked.

Sarge

For 17 years, I lived a few miles from Wright Patterson Airforce Base and had military aircraft fly over many times a day.

On 911, there was the most aircraft put up, by many times, that I have ever seen, heard or felt.

Keith

Neat stories, Sarge. Those crew Chiefs were as Greek Gods keeping those choppers and planes flying. Including the smaller Bells that went on scout and perimeter .

PF, you can stow anything in those Chinooks. I've dreamed of taking one shopping for ranch stuff and horses and putting them all in there ...along with many groceries.

When I was in Alaska with JR on his longline, the jets and choppers flew over all the time. They would swoop down on us as we traversed the big river on snow machine. We would wave and they would turn and head straight for us and give a low buzz . I loved it.

The sound of a Huey gets me choked up every time . A unique time in history of the brave , masculine men of Vietnam. One of a kind.

So do the old planes of WW2 that my father flew. And still did at air shows as a stunt pilot.

Thank you for your shares, Sarge.

next time you see them like that , look them up on the radar

I had maybe 10-15 Blackhawks fly over the house on a course from Ft McCoy WI to approximately Chanute air base Ill

they will come up as a single tail number I couldn't get an accurate count as some were already out of sight to the south with more still coming from the north

I see the f15s often. Recently while on the tractor have seen apaches, blackhawks, and an osprey VTOL. Never seen an osprey here before.

Years ago the flight pattern of c 130s came directly over the farm. Used to see large groups of them flying low. But no more. Are they discontinued now or dod flight patterns change?

Did my first static line jump from a Huey at Lakehurst. I got fliped by the rotor wash and the landing was ugly I relive it every time I hear one.

growing up the Huey's made it over our house all the time usually 3 flying in formation I was talking to someone later and mentioned that he said , supply flights / currier runs , they needed hours and they would transport stuff from base to base doing that.

When I was stationed at Fort Lewis, WA almost next door was McChord AFB. We used to see these F106s doing maneuvers while we were in the field training. They used to do vertical climbs. The roar of those engines was amazing and deafening.

Many years later there was an Air Force recruiting center near my office. When I mentioned the F106s to one of the recruiters he gave me a large aerial portrait of the plane. They were referred to as "Spittin Kittens". They were a fixed delta-winged aircraft. They were quickly removed from service as they were considered obsolete due to their struggles when trying to land on an ocean aircraft carrier.

I like this post. We have C-130s stationed close to us. They fly everyday. Sometimes right over the trees. What a hoot! My little boy loves to see them.

Saw an F-15 years ago in Moscow, back when the relationship between our countries was at its warmest, right before the Russian Knights on Su-27's.

Nowadays I only see some MiG-31's taxing among B-737's and A-320's at our airport sometimes, and rarely a Su-34 during test flights, they're built at a factory downtown. The latter are probably the prettiest fighter-bombers out there, just aesthetically. When one of my best friends died and we were at the funeral, a pair of them circled over us, low, still in greenish-yellow factory colors, .

Mi-24's here are probably as common as private Cessna 172's. Always stop to stare at them when I work in the garden.

Plenty of Il-76's flying low over my house lately, hauling something back and forth from somewhere on the Korean Peninsula, according to Flightradar.

I trained on these F-106 delta darts at Duluth in the late 70's. We trained on the explosive components they carried. They were the 87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and continued to operate F-106s until 1979.



While in Turkey, the Turks had F-104 aircraft. The runway was right outside our shop, and when they took off, the walls would rattle. They were one of the loudest aircraft I ever heard.

FYI- F -15 has never been shot down in aerial combat. To be me. The best dogfighter in the world.
Also, I like ugly aircraft as well. Namely the B-52 and A-10.

Sarge