What is up...in the sky!?!?!

[Caster]

I work at home. I'm outside for the majority of the day and I [think] I am pretty observant in what goes on around here. Every month the DEA comes over, he's maybe 6 ft over the tree tops. Then there's the random helicopter like Life-flight and what not, and, since Ft. Campbell is literally just a few minutes away {in a blackhawk} I see the occasional military helicopter. THis is over the last decade and the rhythm has been consistent up until this last month. I have seen DOZENS of apache, countless blackhawk and chinooks. Waaayy more than normal. Now I ain't paranoid, but it's weird none the less. A few days ago I counted something like 9 apaches at once. Just a few minutes ago I saw about 7-8 but they were too far away to see what kind they were.

Uncle sam is burning some fuel in middle/west TN.

[enfield]

Probably just a training exercise. I had a couple of V22 Ospreys come over my house recently, at tree-top level. I was pretty darned impressed by that, but my Jack Russell didn't like it and scared them off.

Edited April 8, 2011 by enfield

[Caster]

I've seen them on the move over the years but never at this level. Or, perhaps I'm an idiot and never paid as much attention:D

[Guest db99wj]

I've seen them on the move over the years but never at this level. Or, perhaps I'm an idiot and never paid as much attention:D

[Defender]

Wonder if it has anything to do with a lessened deployment tempo for some aviation units?

[Guest GT_Rat]

I saw a couple of F18's fly by a couple weeks ago. I'm on the flight path for both BNA and Smyrna and Murfreesboro's airport so I see quite a few aircraft when I'm outside. The F18's were out of the ordinary.

[laktrash]

Military chopper just flew over my house about a 1/2 hour ago also had lifestar "which it wasn't" looking one as an escort. but I'm just a few miles from ANG base.

Guess its too early for spottin' pot fields

[Caster]

Wait, what were we talking about?

[Raoul]

Relax citizen. There's nothing to worry about. It's just a normal training flight.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

[Caster]

Relax citizen. There's nothing to worry about. It's just a normal training flight.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

You're actually quite right [most likely] but it odd [to me] the volume being more than I have seen in nigh 10 years.

[Raoul]

You're actually quite right [most likely] but it odd [to me] the volume being more than I have seen in nigh 10 years.

FWIW, I haven't heard any odd chat amongst my NG buddies.

[Guest BEARMAN]

Probably just having "extra sizes" (exercises, for you city folk).

They fly over my place all the time. They fly over the river and use it as a visual navagation tool; enroute to Fort Campbell.

I wouldn't sweat it.

[dlm37015]

in days of old we used to do a lot in nashville late at night in the air

[Caster]

Probably just having "extra sizes" (exercises, for you city folk).

They fly over my place all the time. They fly over the river and use it as a visual navagation tool; enroute to Fort Campbell.

I wouldn't sweat it.

Oh I ain't sweatin' it. For one, the paranoid delusionals out there are kidding themselves. You can only hear the apache AFTER he's been in range for a while, so running or defending is about as dumb as the people who are paranoid about it. TWO, I find it comforting in a strange way. If charlie chan or habeeb or whatever foreign rubbish wants to start a fight over here, it'll be amusing to see them bang heads with ohhh say 10 apaches. LOL:D

[MudBugjr]

I live close to Arnold Air Force Base here in Tullahoma. Like clock work every day there is two sonic booms. It has gotten to the point to where it will rattle your house and knock the occassional pic off the wall. Have had a lot of people blame cracks in their house from it too. I would love to see more copters and no more booms. talking about a waste of fuel everyday