AIR FORCE ADMITS CITY BUZZ WAS A ‘LOW' MOMENT

New York Post ^ | 2/20/02 | http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/41954.htm

[Rain-maker]

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They should live Europe/Germany. Jets buzzing all over the place.

Nothing like an F-15 screaming over your hilltop camp hill in the morning.

We won't get into what a B-52, flying map of map-of-earth,

does to your shorts the first time you get buzzed.

[fleur-de-lis]

F16s protecting our skies sounds like a warm a fuzzy noise to me.

[petuniasevan]

They're flyboys. All that they'll get is a light wrist-slapping, accompanied by a stern warning, delivered with a stifled snicker and a knowing wink.

[piasa]

I agree. Back in St. Louis we'd hear Harriers, Phantoms, Hornets and Eagles all the time. Plus the big MAC aircraft from Scott AFB, on top of all the traffic to and from Lambert, Bethalto, Parks, etc. You can tell what most are just by sound. Wonderful sound.

[Cobra64]

A spokesman from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) told The Post it is investigating why the pair of jets buzzed Manhattan as they were making their way back to Atlantic City after a regular patrol.

Better than Hitler's V2's and buzz bombs that Hitler struck London with in 1943.

Do these people know that we are at WAR? A few USAF air force pilots stressed out and tired, yeah, maybe they want to... well let their hair down. Up here by the Indian Point nuclear plant, there are dozens of sorties going on every day. AndI'm glad our United States military is doing their job in protecting the United States of America! One bad guy hitting a nuke plant's stock pile will cause more difficulties for the downstream populace in Manhattan, NY than a sonic boom.

Quite frankly, I'm really getting fed-the f_ucking pissers and moaners complaining about about "collateral damage" and all this other horse-sh!t.

If you don't like it, make a difference, and ENLIST! Fight for your country and stop whimpering, complaining and moaning!

Consider the alternatives... a few F16s overhead or a bunch of Arab-speaking whackos flting a few more planes, killing more Americans.

Wake up America. Stop your whining!

[petuniasevan]

How about what a B-52 does, when badly piloted by a top-brass visiting general who last flew them 20 years previously?

First, he ignored my frantic signals to STAY PUT while my assistant pulled the chocks. Nearly ran him over.
He PO'd the tower by butting in front of a KC-135 who had clearance,
then he started his takeoff roll so slowly we were all wincing in anticipation of a disaster.

I thought he'd never lift clear, and the gear took the tops off the trees past the end of the runway.

[Cobra64]

Hey Rain, I thought I was one of the few guys that believes in our military kicking ass at the enemy and also allowed to have some fun with civilian "puffs."

[Rain-maker]

LOL...a day to turn one's hair grey.

Some of them generals need forced retirement.

[scottinoc]

Jet Noise - The Sound of Freedom

[Madiuq]

"I feel the need, the need for speed!"

"Godda__it, Maverick, why did you buzz that Tower?"

-Top Gun, 1985.

[lavaroise]

I appreciate their protecting the city, but I just hope they remember that ‘the city that never sleeps' isn't meant to be taken literally."

Say what? complaining about the war on terror already? Some people really take things for granted.

[Kakaze]

" "I appreciate their protecting the city, but I just hope they remember that ‘the city that never sleeps' isn't meant to be taken literally." "

No matter what time it was he should be DAMN glad it was our jets over his head!

[BlueLancer]

I can still remember jets flying low up the Tittabawassee River near Midland, Michigan, making mock attacks on Dow Chemical Company or the company spillway, sonic booms following them as they screamed past.

I was between five and eight when these flights happened and I always thought it was great, standing on the bank of the river as they passed not more than about 200 feet away.

[Cannon6]

That's fine with me.

[Junior]

We won't get into what a B-52, flying map of map-of-earth,...

Methinks it's Nap of the Earth (NOE).

[hchutch]

"Sorry, Goose, but it's time to buzz the skyline..."

There will probably be no repercussions. Both SecDef and POTUS flew fighter jets, and they probably buzzed a few control towers and other stuff in their day...

[hchutch]

Just wondering... how many free drinks will those pilots get for that little high-speed pass. ;)

The next question: Will someone do a supersonic pass?

[null and void]

Are the New Yawkers SURE it was OUR airplanes???