What is that crazy jet sound right now??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Friend said she just saw four in missing man formation over DC. But she had heard others earlier, too.

Saw it from work. Looked like missing-man formation. Looks like one of our brave pilots has passed, sadly.

It was a photo shoot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it was the Blue Angels but the purpose was a photo shoot. That's why there were 6 jets flying in formation and then a 7th over to the side -- the 7th jet was a photography unit. They did flyovers of the Washington Monument and the White House for sure, likely to get photos of the gets aligned with those landmarks. I would bet they also did photos with the Capitol and other parts of the National Mall as well, given the number of flyovers.

It cannot be stated enough how expensive that was.

I would also assume some of the motivation has to do with the current rebrand of the DoD as "Department of War" and a desire to show off some of our most expensive weapons of war in a way they can associate with this administration. The photography plane also indicates they were taking relative close ups of the planes, potentially with pilots visible in the photos. I am wondering if Hegseth or other VIPs were in the planes.

The entire thing was a very, very expensive branding exercise. Paid for with tax payer dollars while vital federal services are either paused or being performed by unpaid workers at the moment.

They are making assets to put on social media when they want to claim that DC is under attack, so the upcoming war will be justified.

Nah, this is just for propaganda. When they want to start the war, they'll use AI.

Will they attack DC with planes dropping poop bombs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

Unemployed government workers aren't flying jets in our airspace.
The Middle East isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Venezuela isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Inflation isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Tariffs aren't flying jets in our airspace.
Our standing on the world stage isn't flying jets in our airspace.

I worry about things I can control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it was the Blue Angels but the purpose was a photo shoot. That's why there were 6 jets flying in formation and then a 7th over to the side -- the 7th jet was a photography unit. They did flyovers of the Washington Monument and the White House for sure, likely to get photos of the gets aligned with those landmarks. I would bet they also did photos with the Capitol and other parts of the National Mall as well, given the number of flyovers.

It cannot be stated enough how expensive that was.

I would also assume some of the motivation has to do with the current rebrand of the DoD as "Department of War" and a desire to show off some of our most expensive weapons of war in a way they can associate with this administration. The photography plane also indicates they were taking relative close ups of the planes, potentially with pilots visible in the photos. I am wondering if Hegseth or other VIPs were in the planes.

The entire thing was a very, very expensive branding exercise. Paid for with tax payer dollars while vital federal services are either paused or being performed by unpaid workers at the moment.

They are making assets to put on social media when they want to claim that DC is under attack, so the upcoming war will be justified.

Nah, this is just for propaganda. When they want to start the war, they'll use AI.

Will they attack DC with planes dropping poop bombs?

Apparently not, although you wouldn't notice much of a change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

Unemployed government workers aren't flying jets in our airspace.
The Middle East isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Venezuela isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Inflation isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Tariffs aren't flying jets in our airspace.
Our standing on the world stage isn't flying jets in our airspace.

I worry about things I can control.

UNPAID government workers are! I wonder how this was considered essential, is it part of a trade deal ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

Unemployed government workers aren't flying jets in our airspace.
The Middle East isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Venezuela isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Inflation isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Tariffs aren't flying jets in our airspace.
Our standing on the world stage isn't flying jets in our airspace.

I worry about things I can control.

UNPAID government workers are! I wonder how this was considered essential, is it part of a trade deal ?

You really are unhinged if you think our military is going to bomb DC over the shutdown n

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it was the Blue Angels but the purpose was a photo shoot. That's why there were 6 jets flying in formation and then a 7th over to the side -- the 7th jet was a photography unit. They did flyovers of the Washington Monument and the White House for sure, likely to get photos of the gets aligned with those landmarks. I would bet they also did photos with the Capitol and other parts of the National Mall as well, given the number of flyovers.

It cannot be stated enough how expensive that was.

I would also assume some of the motivation has to do with the current rebrand of the DoD as "Department of War" and a desire to show off some of our most expensive weapons of war in a way they can associate with this administration. The photography plane also indicates they were taking relative close ups of the planes, potentially with pilots visible in the photos. I am wondering if Hegseth or other VIPs were in the planes.

The entire thing was a very, very expensive branding exercise. Paid for with tax payer dollars while vital federal services are either paused or being performed by unpaid workers at the moment.

Cost concern troll is very concerned about the cost

Uh, those are demonstration pilots and they HAVE to fly (more often than most other pilots) in order to maintain skill proficiency. Blue Angels or Thunderbird pilots can’t sit at a desk 20 days a month and go fly every week or two for a few hours like other military pilots often do - they have to fly much more frequently to practice their routines.

So whether they’re flying to do photos over DC, or flying to an air show appearance somewhere, or flying in practice, they’re still going to be flying somewhere. So that money was already being spent, whether they’re flying flew over DC, or over Pensacola Florida.


Did you have the same fiscal concerns and make a fuss about USAID spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on drag shows in Ecuador and Peru?…. Or was that different?

Why TF are MAGA idiots so OBSESSED with drag queens?

I don't get it. Why are you so broken?

Seems like you’re the idiot here.

[Anonymous]

>>>Does anyone know WHY there is a planned flyover of the mall today?

I’m guessing the administration thought the scores of national guard troops standing around doing nothing in the metro stations and the ICE teams abducting citizens are not enough to adequately intimidate us, so they added something more

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

Unemployed government workers aren't flying jets in our airspace.
The Middle East isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Venezuela isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Inflation isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Tariffs aren't flying jets in our airspace.
Our standing on the world stage isn't flying jets in our airspace.

I worry about things I can control.

UNPAID government workers are! I wonder how this was considered essential, is it part of a trade deal ?

You really are unhinged if you think our military is going to bomb DC over the shutdown n

What made you go think of that? My point was the pilots are unpaid, which is stressful for everyone so maybe don’t practice complex aerial maneuvers over heavily populated areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

Unemployed government workers aren't flying jets in our airspace.
The Middle East isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Venezuela isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Inflation isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Tariffs aren't flying jets in our airspace.
Our standing on the world stage isn't flying jets in our airspace.

I worry about things I can control.

The point is that there is a lot of turmoil and violence in the world that can reasonably set someone "on edge." When people are on edge, they tend to be more startled by loud noises and unexpected events. The PP didn't say they thought Venezuela or "inflation" was flying jets in our airspace. They merely said that the event was "unnerving" because it was loud and unexpected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in Friendship Heights but didn't see anything. Louder than regular airplane noise and not helicopter.

Probably a jet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

Unemployed government workers aren't flying jets in our airspace.
The Middle East isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Venezuela isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Inflation isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Tariffs aren't flying jets in our airspace.
Our standing on the world stage isn't flying jets in our airspace.

I worry about things I can control.

UNPAID government workers are! I wonder how this was considered essential, is it part of a trade deal ?

You really are unhinged if you think our military is going to bomb DC over the shutdown n

What made you go think of that? My point was the pilots are unpaid, which is stressful for everyone so maybe don’t practice complex aerial maneuvers over heavily populated areas.

So, you think US pilots are incompetent and so worried about paychecks, they can't focus on the mission?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having lunch with a friend on our building's rooftop (DTDC) when the jets came flying by us. They circled around about five times between 11:30 and noon. It would have been cool had it not been so jarring. We are already on edge, so random loud fighter jets are unnerving.

On edge from what?

DP but I'm guessing: escalating political violence including an increase in political assassinations and attempts, the federal government shut down with no end in sight that has left a lot of people in this area without paychecks, ongoing layoffs in this area due to RIFs, continued violence in the Middle East even after the cease fire, escalating violence in Venezuela and continued commentary from our president indicating a desire to go to war, continuing inflation exacerbated by constantly announced and fluctuating tariffs including new ones announced just this week for Canada and China, the ongoing hateful/sarcastic/volatile rhetoric out of the White House and president, the country's diminished standing among other countries due to the forgoing, etc.

If you are NOT on edge these days... what are you on?

Unemployed government workers aren't flying jets in our airspace.
The Middle East isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Venezuela isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Inflation isn't flying jets in our airspace.
Tariffs aren't flying jets in our airspace.
Our standing on the world stage isn't flying jets in our airspace.

I worry about things I can control.

The point is that there is a lot of turmoil and violence in the world that can reasonably set someone "on edge." When people are on edge, they tend to be more startled by loud noises and unexpected events. The PP didn't say they thought Venezuela or "inflation" was flying jets in our airspace. They merely said that the event was "unnerving" because it was loud and unexpected.

I guess they wouldn't be able to live my life. I am in the landing pattern for DCA. I hear jets all hours of the day.