An unusual thing happened the other day. I got a call at the office and a friend had told me that a couple of F-22 Raptors landed at our local airport for fuel. I thought he was saucing it up a bit and was dreaming. This particular plane, to my knowledge or any local plane spotter, has ever landed at this airport due to security reasons. I left work early and drove like a bank robber to the airport and WOW! there they were. Along with 6 F-18 Hornets and 3 CH-47 Chinook helicopters. All from different bases. From what we hear, they were diverted due to weather in the area and had to stop for fuel. They were suppose to meet up with a tanker for aerial refueling but it was diverted out of the area also. The pilots were very protective of their planes and told the ground crews not to take photos while they were refueling. They could only take photos from a distance. We were outside the fence in a public area and were able to just snap away. Unfortunately I only had my wide angle zoom and couldn't get any close-ups or good shots when they took off. The planes were out of Tyndall AFB near Panama City, FL.
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The elusive Raptors......
- Thread starter fmurphy
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Detector Man
Active member
youre lucky to be able to even see the jets....at our airport which is adjacent to a main road if you walk anywhere near the fence a few men in a jeep will be coming to introduce themselves.....on the OTHER side of the cyclone fence they built a wall that is probably a couple fee thick and id say 30ft talland maybe a couple hundred feet long.....oh i forgot they took the cyclone fence down and replaced it with rod iron fence, the type you see at the white house.....
and all we have are F16s
and all we have are F16s
we're very lucky here. Being in the central part of the U.S. there are a lot of military and civilian aircraft that come in or fly over. We see all type of aircraft. And a few celebrities every now and then....... (Morgan Freeman stops in every now and then to eat in the restaurant at the general aviation terminal)
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Car wreck in 2008.