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Juicy_Cheeseberders t1_iwt4hrm wrote

Reply to comment by 4cereal in Crazy loud noise point breeze? by Halloweentwin2

It was a EA-18G Growler (electronic warfare version of the F-18

Callsign "IRONCLAW 1".

IRONCLAW 2 landed earlier at Baltimore's BWI

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golfpro2116 t1_iwt4pw3 wrote

How do you know?

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Juicy_Cheeseberders t1_iwt6eh8 wrote

In town to perform a flyover at the Villanova game on Saturday

https://twitter.com/NovaFootball/status/1593074917121347586

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K3R3G3 t1_iwti19x wrote

Any idea how that works? How the college gets them to do it? Do they have to pay or do various events put in a request for a flyover? I know private colleges make assloads of money, but are they spending it to get fighter jets to fly over sports games?

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Juicy_Cheeseberders t1_iwtltx5 wrote

You have to make a request to the Navy, AirForce, Army etc.

It's a public outreach thing that helps with recruiting. The flying also counts toward pilot training hours, as I understand.

You can read more here: https://outreach.navy.mil/Aviation/

..as well as the official request form:

http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd2535.pdf

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K3R3G3 t1_iwttfn5 wrote

Ahh, the recruiting bit makes sense. I figured there had to be some benefit. I've known for while that they're not just moving planes and making a trip there for that. They make it part of the training and schedule things so it's a swing-by in the process of something necessary, like getting the craft where it needs to be. It's not cheap to fly them. Thanks - I'll check out the links.

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