raratt
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AWACS, those are not stationed here. It's an airborne radar platform to watch all the aircraft in a battle zone or wherever needed. The dome on top rotates when it is in operation.
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raratt
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That one had no sensors on board, slick wing.I hear the DEA is running those now
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Aeroknow
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Is that a freebird?My farm is so far out there these are the birds we see fly over...View attachment 4356079
cannabineer
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Those have an inboard sensor packageMy farm is so far out there these are the birds we see fly over...
Aeroknow
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And bombing capabilities.
raratt
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It takes good eyes and nose to be the first one to find a mangled skunk.
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Aeroknow
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Oh hey bro, so i can’t remember if i asked you this yet.
So when i see a fighter overhead here, what would it usually be? F-18 right?
Check this vid out. I’ve had almost exactly the same happen to us a couple times while fishing up the north fork oroville.
raratt
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Usually, easy to tell with the V shaped rudders. Had a pair of F-14's (retired now) go low and fast over our boat up at Little Grass years ago. They basically hide from radar in the valleys for practice. There is a range in Nv. that they run out to.
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doublejj
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Aeroknow
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When I lived in Salinas, and for a few years after, i would make a teetime to play salinas fairways, right next to the airshow, during the airshow. Pretty cool shit man would take us 6 hrs to play that round. I just don’t know my jets. Cool shit bro!
Thunderbirds snowbirds or blue angels that’s all i know
raratt
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Thunderbirds fly F-16's (USAF), Blue Angels fly F-18's (USN) Snowbirds are from Canada, I don't know what they fly, eh.
Aeroknow
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Doesn’t down south have training for the FA-18?
Do they ever come up here too? Or are they the same thing as regular f18’s besides the aircraft carrier?
raratt
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Navy Top Gun school is at Fallon I believe, just over the mountains. Doesn't take long in a fighter to get there.
doublejj
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Dude we have to catch fleet week in San Francisco some time. Some of the fishing boats run a fishing and Blue Angels special, fish all day and be back under the golden gate in time to anchor off Alcatraz just in time for the afternoon air show. Best seat in the house. I did it once about 15 years ago and it was hella cool....
