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Flyover practice for Trump visit
Posted on 9/24/26 at 7:40 pm
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Posted on 9/24/26 at 7:43 pm to Crimson Wraith
Going to be a nice flyover.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 7:53 pm to Crimson Wraith
So if DJT is visiting, expect MASSIVE delays?
Almost feel bad for the teams and actual fans, but it is Utx @ UT.
Bet the POTUS gets at least a double seat in that place base on size of actual seats.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 7:57 pm to Crimson Wraith
that is bad arse ….
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:01 pm to cadillacattack
Vintage Vietnam War, surly that is not active duty?
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:03 pm to Cheese Grits
from a few years ago.My favorite all time war bird
This post was edited on 9/24/26 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:28 pm to Crimson Wraith
Gonna take a week to get into that stadium.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:54 pm to Crimson Wraith
Ticket prices have been dropping because no one wants to deal with this
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:58 pm to Cheese Grits
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So if DJT is visiting, expect MASSIVE delays?
Almost feel bad for the teams and actual fans, but it is Utx @ UT.
Bet the POTUS gets at least a double seat in that place base on size of actual seats.
Don't forget to stack them vertically as well.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:59 pm to 3down10
Worst seats I ever sat in for legroom were in LSU's basketball arena in the early 90's.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:26 pm to cadillacattack
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My favorite all time war bird
Used to fly them out of Fort Smith, that is where the Shah of Irans pilots got their training, attended West Ark Community College in their off time.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:28 pm to Cheese Grits
Iran actually bought some F-14's a few yrs before the nutjobs took over.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:38 pm to Crimson Wraith
The B52 is so old that it is possible for the pilots flying the B52 today to be flying the same aircraft as their grandfathers flew years ago. Yet the plane will still be around for a good many years before the Air Force plans on retiring them. I always find it amazing that plane is way older than the guys flying them but it’s still in operation today and going strong.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:39 pm to RollingwiththeTide
They've had a ton of upgrades.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:41 pm to RollingwiththeTide
F 16 is similar
1950's = drawing board
1960's = development
1970's = deployment
Still in use today
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:41 pm to Crimson Wraith
Oh yeah for sure. Most of the fleet though is old and I think the AF is planning on keeping them flying into the 2050’s if I’m remembering right.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 10:43 pm to Cheese Grits
I was a kid in Broken Bow, OK during the end of Vietnam and they would fly F4 Phantoms from Tinker AFB over our house at the speed of sound over the treetops. Sounded exactly like a lightning strike right next to you.
That shite was amazing.
That shite was amazing.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 10:57 pm to cadillacattack
quote:Bergstrom AFB in Austin was the training base for the Reconnaissance F-4's before they went to Viet Nam.
that is bad arse ….
We lived a mile from the base, just off the flight path. Always saw them landing in pairs. They were in the The Clash's "Rock the Casbah" video.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:25 pm to Sooner1984
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Sounded exactly like a lightning strike right next to you.
That shite was amazing.
Was a spot in a rural area in Arkansas and they would put on a show for the families, fly low, crank the afterburners, and all kinds of cool stuff for their kinfolk below.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:48 pm to Sooner1984
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I was a kid in Broken Bow, OK during the end of Vietnam and they would fly F4 Phantoms from Tinker AFB over our house at the speed of sound over the treetops. Sounded exactly like a lightning strike right next to you.
That shite was amazing.
In the mid 1960s, Oklahoma City was picked for an area where they were going to experiment with supersonic flight and its effect on the built environment. (I think they picked it because the FFA had/has a huge presence in OKC).
Over the course of about three years...There were sonic booms pretty much every day or two... and people were routinely getting their windows broken. The government had a program where you could get them to pay for your window damage.
I remember one time that some grocery store had their entire storefront shattered by a boom and a couple of costumers who were entering and exiting the store suffered some cuts from glass shards.
I just remember being outside playing and getting startled by the booms.
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