Posted on 07/20/2025 7:22:48 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
One would think that that the military would be more careful near commercial airports so soon after after flight AA5342 was hit by a Blackhawk helicopter in D.C..
“Working on the side of a mountain and he went by UNDER me, saw the top of the plane. His buddy went by too, a little farther out.”
I was at Big South Fork in Tennessee which is a giant cleft cause by an earthquake in the ancient past. I had my legs hanging over the side when here come two ANG Phantoms smoking along below me.
The camo on the one I saw was effective! I may have missed seeing the B-52 entirely if it hadn’t been for the crisp black shadow it was casting about 100 feet below and beside it. The shadow was distinctive and can’t be camoflauged.
Quite a few years ago I was driving a back road in the western section of New Jersey’s pine barrens. As I was transiting a cleared spot I noticed motion in my rearview mirror and slowed a bit to try to see what it was. Seconds later I was looking at the underside of an A-10 Warthog through my windshield. Then, a second one roared overhead. I’d guess they were at a couple of hundred feet altitude.
Maybe I was honored to be a “target” for a practice run?
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