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F-15s racing to Seattle trigger sonic booms
KOMO News ^ | 17 August 2010 | KOMO Staff

Posted on 08/17/2010 2:41:27 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

SEATTLE -- F-15 fighter jets scrambled from Portland to deal with an unknown aircraft that had entered restricted air space over Western Washington caused two sonic booms that were heard across a wide swath of the region, the FAA reported Tuesday.

Several calls from worried residents from Olympia to Seattle flooded emergency dispatchers and the KOMO Newsroom reporting two distinct explosions that rattled windows and shook homes.

The FAA had restricted a large area to aircraft over Seattle due to President Obama's visit.

A spokesman with the Oregon Air National Guard said two F-15s from their 142nd Fighter Wing were scrambled on a "real world mission" from their base at Portland International Airport but could not elaborate on what the mission entailed.


TOPICS: Government; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: airplane; obama; sonicboom; terrorism
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To: NavyCanDo
Ever notice how he walks down Air Force One’s steps with his hand balled up in front of him. Watch him sometime. He looks like one of those dancing poodles.

Does he remind you of Rocky running the steps?

Me neither.

61 posted on 08/18/2010 3:31:10 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: RingerSIX

lol


62 posted on 08/18/2010 5:49:40 AM PDT by verity
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To: CdMGuy

That happens during every presidential visit regardless who is in the White House.


63 posted on 08/18/2010 5:51:00 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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