Fighter Jets!!

[Jacostang]

Whats going on today and last night??? Fighters in and out of Sky Harbor is there a special event somewhere???? 4 sets last night and 4 sets this afternoon!! Awesome wwe keep running out of the house to see them..:sticktonge:

[Ruckus46gt]

what kind were they f16s, f22s?

[Jacostang]

Ya know I thouught they F-18's but not 100% sure cause they looked a little different so maybe they were the 22 but I have never seen one in the flesh!!

[El Jefe]

4-22's in AZ is hard to imagine if its not for an Airshow

[Ruckus46gt]

4-22's in AZ is hard to imagine if its not for an Airshow
yea air show is in a month and a half btw. Also 22's need to be kept in hangers and not sure how many sky harbor air refueling unit has. Planes just reg gray or were they white or blue?

[Jacostang]

It appears they were all gray..

[santa_rosa_lt1]

hmmmmm interesting.

[Blackmagic1]

Seen the same thing the monday before Obama was sworn in. About 2pm. 4 jets ,some said they were "22's" others "18's"(All gray). Super loud, one went full afterburners (which is a big "no-no" over populated area)straight up ,then all headed southeast.I was at work which is roughly Priest&University. No mention in any news media about it back then either.

[05mustangman]

AIRSHOW!?!? Ah i cant wait!! the last airshow i went to was at march air base in riverside with the thunderbirds. those are so much fun!!!

[RockysMom]

The good thing about where I live and work, is im outside all the time and get to see them fly right over my house from williamsfield, Whooo hooo yeah baby!!! :highfive:

[ttocs]

when/where is the airshow at?

[HIKER]

Cross country flights.. They've been doing those for years. They come in from the west, over north Gilbert, swing north over Mesa and land at SH. It's usually 3-4 birds every other weekend. I've seen them fly over my house now for years. For a while they would fly by between noon and 2pm on Sat or Sun. Their sound is very distinctive over commercial jets and the first thing I do is run outside and see what they are. Most of the time they are F18's.

I also seem to be in the flight path for Gateway. Military birds will fly low over my house on a sw to ne pattern and then swing a hard right to land at GW. I've seen some pretty cool aircraft fly. There's one plane that flys over every Sun night about 11:30pm extremely low and has some unique formation lights, and it also lands at GW...

[Stangme]

Not sure what was flying in our night skies if not Luke doing some night missions or returning from some Fly Overs. Will see what I can find out.

Luke AFB Air Show info for 2009

Thunder in the Desert 2009
March 21 and 22

Luke's "Thunder in the Desert" 2009 Open House is a two-day event at Luke Air Force Base and one of the most diverse air shows in America. The U.S. Air Force's Aerial Demonstration Team, the Thunderbirds, will bring their special brand of high-flying excitement to this year's show as well as numerous other aircraft and ground displays, exhibits, and attractions.

General admission to "Thunder in the Desert" is free. No tickets are available for purchase or required for general entry. Off-base parking will be available for a small fee.

Headlining Luke's "Thunder in the Desert" are the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds who perform precision aerial maneuvers demonstrating the capabilities of Air Force high performance aircraft to people throughout the world.
http://thunderbirds.airforce.com/home.html

[HIKER]

Four more Hornets landed at GW yesterday around 4pm. They flew right over Superstitions Springs Mall while I was out there..

[1966PonyGirl]

saw two helicopters here at work land at DV air port!!!! (sorry! all i can tell you is they were kinda loud and kinda big and really cool!)

[ttocs]

I saw a cessna fly over today. It was heading north around 9am.

[Blackmagic1]

I saw a cessna fly over today. It was heading north around 9am.
Must have been "5 O'Clock Charlies" cousin... :biglaugh:

[Stangme]

Saw 20-30 small birds fly over Surprise today. Could'nt tell you what kind as they were so far away, can only say they were the kind that have feathers lol

[1966PonyGirl]

they are the pooping kind!

[El Jefe]

Wonder if DM is having an airshow...

[Ethan]

I used to work for Alaska long time ago. The Marines fly trainer F-18's out of yuma and refuel at the Air National Guard at Sky Harbor. The usually shut the airport down for like 20-30 mins and then the would do tactical take offs, Straight up and with full afterburner.

[Mr. Austin]

i live out in peoria and the jets going flying over all the time sice this is where they head to land the jets and yes i have been seeing them all over today it was f22's one after another litterally. and they must have been running the burners when the were heading the other direction to go back up north because i could hear the music in my garage and the girlfriend talking on the phone in my ear. i even talked to my step dad who is a retired navy engeneer and he told me something must be going on for the f22's to be flying around here.

[Mr. Austin]

oh and on satuday we saw a HUGE like a bombing plane or i dont even know but freaking huge plane landing at luke.

[Ruckus46gt]

sat a c5 did come in and leave. There havent been f22's around here in a while. The last 22 here was the april before last.