I saw them once in SF, as I recall on a July 4 weekend. At the end they came from behind us a very low altitude. Scared the hell out of some people and was very, very loud.
I saw them in San Francisco, a couple of times at Stanford Stadium before a game, and once in Virginia Beach while I was on the beach. On the beach, we got a free show for couple of hours as they practiced their maneuvers over the water.
Cool stuff.
BTW, if you don’t know about Virginia Beach, it is a huge military/naval area as well as shipbuilding area. There is a fair amount of jet noise in certain areas. You see bumper stickers all over the place that say, “I LOVE JET NOISE.” When asked why they love jet noise they reply, “IT IS THE SOUND OF FREEDOM.”
Gotta love it.