Fighter Jets Buzzing NW Austin Just Now (11:15ish)

[hornian 5230]

Anyone else in NW Austin (I'm in NW Hills near Spicewood Springs and Mesa) that just got buzzed by two really low flying fighter jets? 

Any idea what it was about. 

They were as low as a fly by at a football game. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9379]

Here for the inauguration, I'd imagine.

[Dr Fear 1268]

 

[Brisketexan 105478]

1 minute ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Here for the inauguration, I'd imagine.

Correct.  4 F-16s, just did a flyover of the inauguration.  There's also counter-snipers on nearby rooftops.  All dressed up to play army, with their gillie-fabric covered rifle (really blends in to the concrete roof) next to them.

[hornian 5230]

The more you know.

Thanks surly. 

 

 

[SimonBolivar 10961]

Boy Austin is really excited for MLS. Nobody tell @futureman.

[futureman 22562]

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

[phdhorn 6224]

I didn't realize the Governor has an Inauguration outdoor ceremony with planes and music and stuff.

They even have uniforms and everything.

[Grippe 313]

1 minute ago, phdhorn said:

I didn't realize the Governor has an Inauguration outdoor ceremony with planes and music and stuff.

They even have uniforms and everything.

He has the largest National Guard in the country - 34K in all.

[phdhorn 6224]

Wow, I was handicapped in having such knowledge.  Thanks.

[HornsOverIthaca 2335]

So negative ghost rider the pattern wasn’t full?

[RPM 26374]

They had to get extra low for Hotwheels.

[RomaVicta 30039]

I clicked on Surly and got a No Server Available message. Then I heard the sound of military jet engines overhead. I was a little worried there for a second. We were either going toe to toe with the Rooskies in nuclear combat or Tom Herman had coaxed Greg Davis out of retirement to run the offense.

Sure am glad it wasn't the second one.

[austingirl 2192]

Our windows were rattling in Milwood (by the Domain). Glad y'all figured it out.


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[gsoda3 3284]

I heard that right around noon here in Wells Branch, thought our lawnmowers were here a day early.

[mulletpelini 5216]

If it was Shreveport it would have happened in the middle of the night.

[Homercles 10206]

I clicked on Surly and got a No Server Available message. Then I heard the sound of military jet engines overhead. I was a little worried there for a second. We were either going toe to toe with the Rooskies in nuclear combat or Tom Herman had coaxed Greg Davis out of retirement to run the offense.
Sure am glad it wasn't the second one.

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[Nice Guy Eddie 13530]

There’s an inauguration for the governor?   The more you know...

 

sounds like a tremendous waste of taxpayer money.

[CooterBrown 18038]

There’s an inauguration for the governor?   The more you know...
 
sounds like a tremendous waste of taxpayer money.

This. I understand having it for a first time governor...maybe.

[F250 28883]

On 1/15/2019 at 3:05 PM, JimmyHoffa said:

A few years ago,  I was driving down Old Blanco road just north of San Antonio when several chinooks flew over and a bunch of paratroopers started jumping out.

My kids were thrilled by the sight of all the paratroopers in the sky and asked where they were going.

My reply, "I don't know but I would say they are way off course."

Sadly, no one got the Red Dawn reference from the gif you posted. So I just said, Camp Bullis.

 

 

[EuroHorn 3273]

[Your Mom 4859]

^^^ Only the old school Austinites gonna get that one.  Noice!

[phdhorn 6224]

Underrated-because-people-say-it's-overrated-song as well.  Great tune.

[Steamboat1874 4105]

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[mulletpelini 5216]

On 1/16/2019 at 8:00 PM, F250 said:

Sadly, no one got the Red Dawn reference from the gif you posted. So I just said, Camp Bullis.

 

 

Why would you assume this?  Maybe it was just perfectly used and needed no comment.  I'm pretty sure several of us got it.

[El Diablo 4232]

On 1/15/2019 at 3:22 PM, RPM said:

They had to get extra low for Hotwheels.

The nurse from M*A*S*H was there too?

[RPM 26374]

1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

The nurse from M*A*S*H was there too?

That was Hot Lips

[XYZ 2154]

Which base did those F16s fly out of?

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Meh, gettin y'all panties in a wad over some f16's?

Sheeit, back when Austin skies were full of F4's and KC135's and B52's. Loud ass motherfuckers. Especially when the F4s and B52s would take off over apt city on Riverside. F4s landing were great fun too, sumbitches whistle comin in.

Ps, you know they aren't gonna have the Moon Towers any longer.

[Llano Estacado 1257]

‘cause some drunk freshman fell off. He went right down the middle, smacking his head on every beam, man. I hear it doesn't hurt after the first couple though. Autopsy said he had one beer, man. How many did you have?

[RPM 26374]

7 hours ago, MrPhlegm said:

Sheeit, back when Austin skies were full of F4's and KC135's and B52's. Loud ass motherfuckers. Especially when the F4s and B52s would take off over apt city on Riverside.

Bridgeport used to play Lake Worth back in the day. Their field is right in the flightpath of Carswell and those big mothers were LOW. When they scrambled the wing the refs would have to squeeze in plays between B52's overhead at takeoff throttle. You could feel the noise just pass right through you every 30 seconds or so.

[hornian 5230]

On 1/20/2019 at 4:32 PM, Llano Estacado said:

‘cause some drunk freshman fell off. He went right down the middle, smacking his head on every beam, man. I hear it doesn't hurt after the first couple though. Autopsy said he had one beer, man. How many did you have?

No.

They ain't gonna have 'em any shorter, either.

[Homercles 10206]

The Turks had F-4s when we were stationed in Incirlik, loved hearing classic turbojets whine...then again that base in the 90s was a great place to be as an aviation nerd...F15C/Es, F16s, S-3s, French Jaguars, a few E3s, C130s, occasional C5, KC135s, the L1011 ‘freedom bird’ to move dependents between Philly/Lajes/Aviano/Incirlik, even saw the E4B doomsday/Night Watch bird (guarded by guys with rifles when the president was in-theater).

I’d ride my bike around the flight line. The one place that was truly off limits was this metal building with the NATO emblem on the side and no numbers on the outside...has these dirt slopes on the sides and some serious barbed wire around it. I think that’s where the B-61s were kept though I hope they’re not there anymore given how much that country has become jacked up lately.

/csb I know.