Sound of Freedom !
Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:55 pm
Greetings
I was taking down the Xmas light ( Art Griswald of the Hood ) and was greeted by a Awsome sound it was no less than 5 F -15's taking off from Robert Gray Airfield this Am around 10:30 it was wonderful sight one ever 10 sec lifting off heading N the Air was filled with the Roar of Thunder as they faded from Sight. I was joined by no less than 4 Neighbors who also injoyed the sights and sounds New Years ! at Fort Hood ! The Sound of Freedom God bless the USA
I was taking down the Xmas light ( Art Griswald of the Hood ) and was greeted by a Awsome sound it was no less than 5 F -15's taking off from Robert Gray Airfield this Am around 10:30 it was wonderful sight one ever 10 sec lifting off heading N the Air was filled with the Roar of Thunder as they faded from Sight. I was joined by no less than 4 Neighbors who also injoyed the sights and sounds New Years ! at Fort Hood ! The Sound of Freedom God bless the USA
Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:05 pm
Roger on the noise! Have you ever been overflown by a B-52 scramble? Talk about shaking the earth! Probably old hat to you AF buys but to a civilian taken off guard it's mind boggling.
RE 52's coming out of fomer Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Tx.
Canso42
RE 52's coming out of fomer Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Tx.
Canso42
Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:15 pm
Go you one Better very late 70's early 80's F-4's ' tree top level coming over me while we were fishing about 85 miles north west of Bergstrom AFB on their way home. I swear you could see the pilots smilng as we hit the deck 
! it was awsome sight to see 
I sure would like to see F-4's flying like that again !
! it was awsome sight to see I sure would like to see F-4's flying like that again !
Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:55 am
I can recall living just north of the former McCoy AFB in Orlando in the late 50's-early 60's. The SAC squadrons there were originally equipped with the B-47, then changed over to the B-52 about 1960. When they had a scramble there would be a stream of aircraft, one about every 30 seconds. They were about 1500 feet up, and the sound was unbelieveable. Noise and great clouds of black smoke.
Loved it !
Walt
Loved it !
Walt
Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:32 pm
I'll concede that one to you Glen! How much element of surprise was there? Where were you fishing? One of the Highland Lakes?
Canso42
Canso42
Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:18 pm
I was fishing years ago on Sam Rayburn with our local bass club, it was a flat no wind Sunday morning and we were in a small cove that had a peninsula wrapping around most of it. We heard a jet and we all looked up and there was an F-4 boring in on us, there were four boats line abreast. We watched him come screaming in on us in a dive and then he flashed over us, I swear he was less than 100 ft high. He pulled right on top of us into about a 45 degree climb and went into burner. The noise hit us in the back as we watched him climb. One of my buddies lost his balance and barely kept from taking a swim. It was GREAT !! 