We didn’t hear about today’s Seahawks flyover in advance, but a couple people mentioned it afterward. And James Tilley sent this photo:
He notes, “Just after the flyover at the game, they made another pass over Alki, presumably on their way to land at Boeing Field, as they were dropping gear as they flew over the beach.” According to the Seahawks website, these were “two EA-18 Growlers from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.”
And around 10:40 this morning there was a *different* big roar as the two F-35s that had flown over yesterday’s UW game took off to head back to their home base in Utah. Unexpectedly loud day!
Veterans’ weekend is the perfect time for a patriotic flyover 🇺🇸 #GoNavy #GoOakHarbor
The jets woke my baby up from her nap and now I want the whole fleet grounded forever.
As a father of two, I can promise you she will go back to sleep. It’s not the end of the world.
OK, that was a guess, either military or a space rocket going up. Not fun. Shook my house and I had to cover my ears.
Sounds like they just left Boeing Field. I guess their heading back to Whidbey.
Okay, so what was that that just flew over Genesee hill and shook the whole house, just after 6:30?
I was wondering about that too. Had something fly SUPER low and shake my apartment in Alaska junction area. Scared me, I can’t remember the last time there was a fly over quite -that- low where I am. @@
WSB always knows, thank you! Once lived in a Navy town, and we heard jets as frequently as birdsong. Since moving to WS, hearing them unexpectedly always unnerves me.
They flew right over the house. And saw one of them again fly near by. Love it!
I so wish I could wake up to what you’re all complaining about. I envy you all!
Yet pickle ball noise is a concern. Stop these flyovers already. It’s so dated.
FAR more Seattle area residents enjoy flyovers than pickle ball. If you’re concerned about aviation noise, contact SeaTac Airport, Boeing Field, Renton Municipal Airport, the helicopter units of KIRO 7, KING 5, KOMO 4, Guardian 1, etc, etc…
I was at the game. He NAILED IT! https://www.seahawks.com/video/united-states-navy-at1-zjehiah-herrera-performs-national-anthem-ahead-of-week-10And with everything going on the world, it was very reassuring to have that military flyover during the National Anthem.
We live in something closer to a military junta than a civilian democracy. We have military bases, and covert operations being conducted in countries you’ve never even heard of. Just in the Middle East, we have bases in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, UAE, and a “secret” military base in Israel that we are expanding. Any president, Democrat or Republican, who crosses the military industrial complex is slapped back into line.
1) You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. 2) Those U.S. military bases around the world are a NATO requirement. 3) We have dozens and dozens of treaties with nations like Israel, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, etc, to protect them from enemy invasion. 4) We’re not at war here because of it, thank God.
If you actually believe that, I would suggest you try living in a country that actually went through a military junta, or is simply a military dictatorship. Your comment suggests that you don’t actually understand either concept. The irony that you’re free to make your comment without repercussion is, I’m sure, completely lost on you.
Your freedom is an illusion, but then most people are quite happy to live in their illusions, like a comfy pair of old shoes. DeTocqueville said that the wealthier a society is the less interested it is in freedom,. Why? Because money buys principles. As for your claim that that are no potential repercussions for dissent:
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/17/army-surveillance-social-media/
Yeah it was pretty cool to hear it fly over Alki,loud AF, but in a I think and hope I’m safe and it’s intimidating kinda way. Speaking of, is that a bomb attached to the belly of it?!?
I should have been less terse; if anyone still cares, it is an exterior fuel tank which is usually in addition to internal tanks. It can be jettisoned in flight if the situation demands.
Sorry, comment time is over.
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