[Fred Hayek]

Exercise - as in ORI (operational readiness inspection).

I was at Plattsburgh AFB when there was an ORI, when FB-111'a were based there.
KC-135 taking off sounds like the whole earth is shaking.
FB-111 taking off on burners sounds like the air is being torn asunder.

[commish]

Got to lay in the boom pod and watch an F-111 do a "Zippo" after refueling. He took on enough fuel to fill his overflow or something like that (I am ignorant on that part - I program the computers not pass the gas LOL) then dumped it and hit afterburners -- lit up the entire sky. One of the coolest things I have ever seen.

[TankerKC]

Yep...111's were right up there in the noise department. However...the loudest jet I ever heard was at Miramar NAS in the late 80's. Some new kind of F14 (A+ or D?) was being tested and it flew through. It made my spine shiver.

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