Anyone know why there are fighter jets flying around 94 right now?
Super loud, heard multiple times over our house in south portage
Yep. That’s an F-15.
Where were all these fighter jets when Y Bar was out of control?
Heard and saw on westnedge hill. Heading south pretty low and very fast.
Update: my father who was in the Air Force states that they is a military airspace in the center of the state and theorizes that they trying different approaches and tactical strategies
Yea was loud as hell too
I hopped on Reddit to check this out.
Heard em too, they were cooking
I saw it I am pretty sure it was an F 15. My guess it was at the Air Zoo but it’s not on their calendar.
It did look like an f-15 to me too. Flew right over my house. No transponder either. Scratching my head why one would be flying to AZO
I thought F15 for sure
I also thought F-15
F18? pretty the rear ailerons diverged, not parallel
Possible I was way down by by Long Lake when I saw it.
They were in Lansing as well
I just heard them from my home (West Main Hill). Really loud too. I wonder what happened.
Sitting in pfizer...sounded like a building blew up...lol
I was there too lol, I got a great view of it. Literally was flying right above me just in circles then it flew off. Loudest jet I've ever heard!
I looked on the “what plane is overhead” sites and they’re only listing commercial planes.
They don't always list military planes though
I didn’t figure they would but I also wasn’t sure it was a jet because I know jack-all about planes.
There's an air / balloon show in battle Creek according to posts on Facebook...but that starts 6/29
That don't start for a few more weeks I believe.
Could be practice for the large airshow they do every year at the battle creek airport from June 29th to the 4th of July.
I thought they gave advance warning when training for that? Maybe they did give notice but I never saw it.
Lived in Battle Creek most of my life, grew up with them flying over head every year around the 4th. Your "warning" is the sound of them flying around.
Haha right? I work near the airport, and as soon as we hear them flying over, we're like, "Oh... must be air show time..." and go right back to what we were doing.
”Why are there jets in the sky?”
It’s summertime. They’ve been doing this as long as I can remember and I’m not young.
Just spent enough money doing that to house a family for a year.
You aren't wrong
Does everyone in this comment section just move here? We hear jets every summer. Air shows everywhere. They practice.
UFO was spotted in Battle Creek yesterday… Maybe they are on patrol? 👀
One supposedly spotted in kzoo 3 days ago as well!
Lmao are you people being serious or am I just missing out on a joke?
I mean, the UFO sighting claims are real. Regardless of whether we believe aliens are real, the military will investigate unidentified objects especially when they are near a military base (Battle Creek).
So… I guess this is serious? The whole UFO thing can be humorous though.
The Battle Creek airshow is this month. I live by the airport and it's common to see military jets this time of year.
Where on 94?
based on that pic it looks like they have some external fuel tanks but can't really get a look at what other ordinance might be on there from that angle. i think you'd be able to see it, if there was something on the farthest wing mounts though.
The hardpoints on the f15 sit close to the front of the wing so you can usually see if they're carrying ordinance. Probably just two fuel tanks loaded up. They might have had some ammunition loaded for the 20mm cannon but that's internal so I don't know how you'd be able to tell. In all likelihood whoever said it was loaded probably just mistook the fuel tanks for bombs. I guess they could be loaded with drop tanks but I'm not sure why they'd opt for that unless they expected to come under fire.
Your BIL is full of it. Looks like it has external fuel tanks attached.
9 times out of 10 if it looks like they have their fangs out it is training munitions. The extra weight and aerodynamic profiles of the attached weapons affect the flight profile of the aircraft, so they sometimes train loaded up.
Roared over our house and scared my kids. They're used to the commercials and hobby flyers, those don't tend to fly that low. But this one rattled the house. Portage St/Cork area.
It’s the BAD AXE Michigan episode!
Always love the random theories on why there might be fighter jets flying around somewhere. Fact is just like the first comment from AZO worker, they blast around the pattern at random airports all the time. They do flight training, need flying hours and landings to stay current, etc.
I’ve had fighter pilots say “my family lives in Michigan so I asked if we could fly here to get the hours I need” - they’ll choose a destination where they have friends or family instead of flying circles around their bases.
Ban fighter jets
I am sick and tired of all these goddamn fighter jets
Had it up to here with fighter jets
Tell us more how you don't like the military doing exercises so they can do the best at protecting your ass
I should've known I wasn't understanding something
On this goddamn zip code.
iirc A10 pilots train out of Battle Creek. I used to see em buzz pretty low over the Stuart Neighborhood, close enough to see the gatling gun
A-10’s are no longer stationed in Battle Creek. They were relocated to Selfridge in 2009.
Yeah but that was definitely not an A10 today. I’d love to see one that low.
I think there's an air show somewhere? Muskegon maybe
I work at AZO, they come blast around the pattern for shits n giggles quite often. Fun to see