Navy jets create buzz with Seattle fly-by

sassykat77 said on February 11, 2011 at 10:57 AM

How much did this "photo op" cost the taxpayer???? When every penny counts, this is NOT the way to spend money.

charleylechein said on February 10, 2011 at 5:46 AM

My dad was retired AF, we often lived on base or near the base. First planes I remember was the RB66, while living in England and later France. Planes were noisy, but I got used to it. Later we were stationed at Vandenberg AFB in CA, missile launches night and day. That took time to get used to, a lot longer. Years later, I was in the Army, no matter where I was, a different type of aircraft. In Germany it was the F15, F 16, and A10. I remember the A10's popping in between small forests, as if they were practicing tactics. The Army flew AH-1a and AH-1q Cobras. pop up and fire tactics. All for practice, when you dont practice or fly as often, that can get you killed. Im near Everett Naval Station, they dont have planes here, its not an Air Station, but we have a carrier here when not deployed. In the Army, at one time I was a Redeye ( slot> gunner later team chief. Our battalion motto was "Shoot'em down, sort em on the ground, Sir".... Google Redeye Missile!

thescope said on February 9, 2011 at 10:21 PM

A great opportunity to thank our boys and girls, ready to fight for our nations freedom, for our Republic, for our future and our children's future. Remember, only in America can you criticize the same people who defend your right to do so. If you protest the Chinese Military in China, you get crushed by a tank, here you get to be on TV. This is not political, these boys and girls defend you. Remember that.

joe_the_watchdog said on February 9, 2011 at 10:20 PM

Go Navy!

sparkyeadog said on February 9, 2011 at 7:40 PM

davebrown, Poland wasn't spending "untold $Bs" on their defense back in 1939. Crack open a book and see how that worked out for them.

nwhominid said on February 9, 2011 at 6:48 PM

Speaking of growlers...

davebrownspoint said on February 9, 2011 at 2:50 PM

"I love to see the firepower of America on display." Well I would love to send the bill for fun joyrides and showing off to those who want and appreciate them. To me it looks unneccessary. We blow untold $Bs on military, not all of it warranted for true "defense." My boss doesn't pay for me to go on joyrides.

invalid said on February 9, 2011 at 12:37 PM

@fghdgh: It didn't cost millions, and it comes out of their budget for the year. If they weren't doing this, they'd be flying somewhere else. And this was nothing like flying a 747 over Manhattan, which I also think was way overblown.

kameha said on February 9, 2011 at 11:22 AM

when people live in fear; the terrorist have won.

flyboss said on February 9, 2011 at 10:32 AM

illbarry : That would be "Mach" and 761 mph, or 661 knots is Mach 1. Also its "Barrel roll" and not Mauch.

fghdgh said on February 9, 2011 at 9:19 AM

How many million dollars did this little jopyride cost? Obvioulsy, the government learned nothing from the N.Y. overflight fiasco. When is the military going to learn of the top-secret program, Photoshop?

illbarry said on February 9, 2011 at 3:29 AM

Fighters are in and out of Tacoma All the time, its not an everyday occurance, but a frequent one, It never gets old, and the sound has passed by the time you spot the jet to see which one it is, or see if they are going to do some touch and goes or put on a quick barrol row show.. It never makes me think there is an emergency, if it was you would hear and feel the sonic boom and very few would actually see the aircraft, and you would only see it by accident. Mauch 2 or 2.5 in the case of the F-15 is barely able for the human eye to see and it would happen so fast you couldn't comprehend it. The sound barrior breaks around 600-700 knots, Mauch 1, and yes you can see the aircraft at that speed, and I don't think the good people of Oregon ever saw the F-16s when they passed over the last time the President was hear, and when they arrived in Puget sound they slowed their speed.

invalid said on February 9, 2011 at 2:26 AM

Dear freaked out ladies and gentlemen, if there had been an emergency, they wouldn't have been flying in that formation and they would have been going a LOT faster and making a LOT more noise! People need to stop wetting themselves every time they see something like this.

mcd1975272738114 said on February 8, 2011 at 11:53 PM

They flew right past our condo. A very awesome sight! I love to see the firepower of America on display. Thanks to all our servicemen, we appreciate you!

aolaolaol said on February 8, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Im amazed people even noticed, 95% of people walkin around have their 'heads down' to their Iphones & Androids, they just HAVE to be online 24 hrs a day?!! Really? Your that important huh!

uwlvdawg said on February 8, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Hmmm, Lets see.... How many Military bases are there in the Puget Sound region?????? From time to time, you are going to see a military plane flying around from time to time.. What was someone not texting, or playing with their cell phones for a couple of seconds?? Come on....

sparkyeadog said on February 8, 2011 at 9:40 PM

We're lucky to have such great folks in NW Washington defending our nation. Fly safe guys.

epicure43 said on February 8, 2011 at 9:08 PM

Awesome birds... great paint schemes!

scott_bellevue said on February 8, 2011 at 8:26 PM

Isn't it odd that we have the largest military in the entire world but we almost never see them. Bring em all home I say. We should be seeing those things flying in and out every day.

someotherguy said on February 8, 2011 at 7:57 PM

THAT WOULD BE THE SIGHT AND THE SOUND OF FREEDOM! JUST LIKE SEATTLE TO ASSUME TO THAT IT MUST BE AN EMERGENCY. THOSE PLANES SPEND MORE TIME IN THE AIR TO BE READY FOR AN EMERGENCY THAN MOST PEOPLE CARE TO KNOW.

rnl52 said on February 8, 2011 at 7:40 PM

Uh, lets see.....military jets buzzing the Seattle metro area and its not seafair. Yeah, I might wonder about that.

javajoe said on February 8, 2011 at 7:29 PM

I'm amazed that there are actually folks in Seattle who would think there might be an emergency going on when fighters are flying overhead. I was begining to think they all had their heads in the sand. Maybe there is some hope after all.