Why does military use helicopters around DMV?

[Anonymous]

Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live out all the way in Rockville. During Trump's first term, I definitely heard more low flying helicopters over Rockville. Towards the end of his term, one flew so low over my neighborhood at night, I thought it was going to crash.

The low flying helicopters over Rockville seemed to stop during Biden's term.

But then last week, I heard a few low flying helicopters over Rockville again. Who knows how the rest of the term will play out.

Trump was going to a doctor out there a lot, I remember. Probably that again. In forty more years we'll find out about what the illness was.

The nuttery here is unending

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

The helicopter came from Fort Belvoir. It was on a routine training and evaluation mission but its general regular mission is transporting Government VIPs around town to avoid traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

The helicopter came from Fort Belvoir. It was on a routine training and evaluation mission but its general regular mission is transporting Government VIPs around town to avoid traffic.

Yes, I understand that. But why do people here keep saying that helicopters are regularly landing and taking off from “Langley”?

Are they trying to sound like insiders or something? Because it makes them sound dumb to everyone who knows anything about CIA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are all these VIPs? How many are they? Who gets help service? Are they US officials?

Generals, Congressmen and senior political appointees. The amount grows every year.

This. Anyone who doesn't want to sit in traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

The helicopter came from Fort Belvoir. It was on a routine training and evaluation mission but its general regular mission is transporting Government VIPs around town to avoid traffic.

Yes, I understand that. But why do people here keep saying that helicopters are regularly landing and taking off from “Langley”?

Are they trying to sound like insiders or something? Because it makes them sound dumb to everyone who knows anything about CIA.

NSA types will only mention that they work at Fort Meade. Of course, we know what that means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

The helicopter came from Fort Belvoir. It was on a routine training and evaluation mission but its general regular mission is transporting Government VIPs around town to avoid traffic.

Yes, I understand that. But why do people here keep saying that helicopters are regularly landing and taking off from “Langley”?

Are they trying to sound like insiders or something? Because it makes them sound dumb to everyone who knows anything about CIA.

Because they think they're fantasies are a better explanation than the boring reality even though the boring reality is worse. If it was CIA stuff then at least it would have a legitimate but nefarious purpose. Self-important douchebags on power trips avoiding traffic is too mundane (and bipartisan).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t Bowser ban these flights?

Why would you think the DC mayor has jurisdiction over a Virginia airport and virginia military bases?

Andrews-Bolling Air Force Base in Prince George's County is the pertinent base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

They are certainly flying over Mclean residential areas, maybe not in your direction, why you don't hear them but they are around and you can see and hear them. They also fly over the river.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

The helicopter came from Fort Belvoir. It was on a routine training and evaluation mission but its general regular mission is transporting Government VIPs around town to avoid traffic.

It wasn't on a 'routine' training mission. They were training for night vision flying.

The story should be that the military unnecessarily endangers the public by doing technical training in a populated area along a landing path. They have huge reservations of land and air that no one else is allowed to go through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about.

The helicopter came from Fort Belvoir. It was on a routine training and evaluation mission but its general regular mission is transporting Government VIPs around town to avoid traffic.

It wasn't on a 'routine' training mission. They were training for night vision flying.

The story should be that the military unnecessarily endangers the public by doing technical training in a populated area along a landing path. They have huge reservations of land and air that no one else is allowed to go through.

Were they trying to act like they were in a video game or something? Like, dodge the commercial aircrafts left and right

[Anonymous]

The military pilots were practicing presidential extraction from the White House in the event of an attack. It's in the news.

[Anonymous]

A couple of actual facts:

-One of the runways is the busiest runway in the U.S. with 800 landings each day.

- The helicopter corridor is 200ft. This helo was flying at 350ft when it hit the passenger plane.

- The helicopter likely didn’t see the plane as the plane was at the helo’s 5 o’clock. Basically the same as a blind spot when driving a car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A couple of actual facts:

-One of the runways is the busiest runway in the U.S. with 800 landings each day.

- The helicopter corridor is 200ft. This helo was flying at 350ft when it hit the passenger plane.

- The helicopter likely didn’t see the plane as the plane was at the helo’s 5 o’clock. Basically the same as a blind spot when driving a car.

It was in front of it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live out all the way in Rockville. During Trump's first term, I definitely heard more low flying helicopters over Rockville. Towards the end of his term, one flew so low over my neighborhood at night, I thought it was going to crash.

The low flying helicopters over Rockville seemed to stop during Biden's term.

But then last week, I heard a few low flying helicopters over Rockville again. Who knows how the rest of the term will play out.

Rockville? Isn't that where Jushner kids attended Jewish school and abouts where Baron went to school? Were those kids getting flown to and from school?