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  1. Large-scale flyovers without proper notice are rude–and an insult to avgeeks

    The past two days have featured some of the most impressive airshow performances in D.C. skies in years–but I, a card-carrying avgeek, saw almost none of them. I’m blaming that on the Trump administration, and I don’t think I’m wrong.

    Wednesday night, I missed all but the end of a flyover that concluded with a B-2 bomber accompanied by a formation of F-35 fighters–I heard the roar of the smaller jets as I was exiting a grocery store but only saw one or two reflected in the windows of an office building across the street. Thursday afternoon, I didn’t catch any of an unusual grouping of two B-52s and pairs of F-15s, F/A-18s and F-35s.

    I was in the wrong place twice (which is why I’m illustrating this post with a picture of an F-16 formation over Nationals Park before 2025’s home opener) because the organizers of the Freedom 250 series of events on the Malls did not specify flight times in their announcement of these flyovers.

    The people running this decidedly partisan event also didn’t use their X account to offer updates on flyover scheduling. I should have instead checked photographer and aviation enthusiast Andrew Leyden, who has been relaying updates there.

    (He’s also on Bluesky but not repeating everything that he posts on X, to my dismay.)

    From looking at Reddit, I see that I have company in being perplexed by the lack of a heads-up and wondering why there’s no published schedule. It appears that I’ll continue to be left guessing over the remaining days of flyovers–through July 10.

    That’s not how this is supposed to work: People on the ground deserve to know when they’ll see their taxpayer dollars in action like this. They don’t have to be total aerospace nerds to appreciate a demonstration of engineering in action–and the piloting skills required to fly so precisely.

    And even if folks on the ground somehow have zero interest in aviation, they still might want to know when not to schedule a call to avoid people on the other end thinking they’re about to be on the receiving end of an airstrike.

    We know how to do this correctly. I can plan to watch for Arlington National Cemetery flyovers in support of military funerals because I get a text and an e-mail a few days before from the District’s AlertDC system; although those alerts had grown spotty by the time I wrote an explainer about flyovers for Greater Greater Washington in 2023, they’ve been much more reliable recently.

    For more involved aerial performances, organizers have even fewer reasons to leave people guessing. The May 8, 2025 “Arsenal of Democracy” flyover that commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe had a starting time of 12:10 p.m. published weeks in advance. And six years ago, even in the middle of pandemic-induced chaos, we knew when to step outside to watch the July 4, 2020 flyovers above the Mall that Trump ordered up because those, too, came with a start time published three days before.

    This is far from the worst example of the second Trump administration falling below the low standards of the first one, but it belongs somewhere on that list.

    #airShow #avgeek #aviation #B2 #B52 #F15 #F35 #FA18 #FA19 #flyover #flyovers #Freedom250 #GreatAmericanStateFair #July4 #militaryAviation #soundOfFreedom
  2. Large-scale flyovers without proper notice are rude–and an insult to avgeeks

    The past two days have featured some of the most impressive airshow performances in D.C. skies in years–but I, a card-carrying avgeek, saw almost none of them. I’m blaming that on the Trump administration, and I don’t think I’m wrong.

    Wednesday night, I missed all but the end of a flyover that concluded with a B-2 bomber accompanied by a formation of F-35 fighters–I heard the roar of the smaller jets as I was exiting a grocery store but only saw one or two reflected in the windows of an office building across the street. Thursday afternoon, I didn’t catch any of an unusual grouping of two B-52s and pairs of F-15s, F/A-18s and F-35s.

    I was in the wrong place twice (which is why I’m illustrating this post with a picture of an F-16 formation over Nationals Park before 2025’s home opener) because the organizers of the Freedom 250 series of events on the Malls did not specify flight times in their announcement of these flyovers.

    The people running this decidedly partisan event also didn’t use their X account to offer updates on flyover scheduling. I should have instead checked photographer and aviation enthusiast Andrew Leyden, who has been relaying updates there.

    (He’s also on Bluesky but not repeating everything that he posts on X, to my dismay.)

    From looking at Reddit, I see that I have company in being perplexed by the lack of a heads-up and wondering why there’s no published schedule. It appears that I’ll continue to be left guessing over the remaining days of flyovers–through July 10.

    That’s not how this is supposed to work: People on the ground deserve to know when they’ll see their taxpayer dollars in action like this. They don’t have to be total aerospace nerds to appreciate a demonstration of engineering in action–and the piloting skills required to fly so precisely.

    And even if folks on the ground somehow have zero interest in aviation, they still might want to know when not to schedule a call to avoid people on the other end thinking they’re about to be on the receiving end of an airstrike.

    We know how to do this correctly. I can plan to watch for Arlington National Cemetery flyovers in support of military funerals because I get a text and an e-mail a few days before from the District’s AlertDC system; although those alerts had grown spotty by the time I wrote an explainer about flyovers for Greater Greater Washington in 2023, they’ve been much more reliable recently.

    For more involved aerial performances, organizers have even fewer reasons to leave people guessing. The May 8, 2025 “Arsenal of Democracy” flyover that commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe had a starting time of 12:10 p.m. published weeks in advance. And six years ago, even in the middle of pandemic-induced chaos, we knew when to step outside to watch the July 4, 2020 flyovers above the Mall that Trump ordered up because those, too, came with a start time published three days before.

    This is far from the worst example of the second Trump administration falling below the low standards of the first one, but it belongs somewhere on that list.

    #airShow #avgeek #aviation #B2 #B52 #F15 #F35 #FA18 #FA19 #flyover #flyovers #Freedom250 #GreatAmericanStateFair #July4 #militaryAviation #soundOfFreedom
  3. Large-scale flyovers without proper notice are rude–and an insult to avgeeks

    The past two days have featured some of the most impressive airshow performances in D.C. skies in years–but I, a card-carrying avgeek, saw almost none of them. I’m blaming that on the Trump administration, and I don’t think I’m wrong.

    Wednesday night, I missed all but the end of a flyover that concluded with a B-2 bomber accompanied by a formation of F-35 fighters–I heard the roar of the smaller jets as I was exiting a grocery store but only saw one or two reflected in the windows of an office building across the street. Thursday afternoon, I didn’t catch any of an unusual grouping of two B-52s and pairs of F-15s, F/A-18s and F-35s.

    I was in the wrong place twice (which is why I’m illustrating this post with a picture of an F-16 formation over Nationals Park before 2025’s home opener) because the organizers of the Freedom 250 series of events on the Malls did not specify flight times in their announcement of these flyovers.

    The people running this decidedly partisan event also didn’t use their X account to offer updates on flyover scheduling. I should have instead checked photographer and aviation enthusiast Andrew Leyden, who has been relaying updates there.

    (He’s also on Bluesky but not repeating everything that he posts on X, to my dismay.)

    From looking at Reddit, I see that I have company in being perplexed by the lack of a heads-up and wondering why there’s no published schedule. It appears that I’ll continue to be left guessing over the remaining days of flyovers–through July 10.

    That’s not how this is supposed to work: People on the ground deserve to know when they’ll see their taxpayer dollars in action like this. They don’t have to be total aerospace nerds to appreciate a demonstration of engineering in action–and the piloting skills required to fly so precisely.

    And even if folks on the ground somehow have zero interest in aviation, they still might want to know when not to schedule a call to avoid people on the other end thinking they’re about to be on the receiving end of an airstrike.

    We know how to do this correctly. I can plan to watch for Arlington National Cemetery flyovers in support of military funerals because I get a text and an e-mail a few days before from the District’s AlertDC system; although those alerts had grown spotty by the time I wrote an explainer about flyovers for Greater Greater Washington in 2023, they’ve been much more reliable recently.

    For more involved aerial performances, organizers have even fewer reasons to leave people guessing. The May 8, 2025 “Arsenal of Democracy” flyover that commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe had a starting time of 12:10 p.m. published weeks in advance. And six years ago, even in the middle of pandemic-induced chaos, we knew when to step outside to watch the July 4, 2020 flyovers above the Mall that Trump ordered up because those, too, came with a start time published three days before.

    This is far from the worst example of the second Trump administration falling below the low standards of the first one, but it belongs somewhere on that list.

    #airShow #avgeek #aviation #B2 #B52 #F15 #F35 #FA18 #FA19 #flyover #flyovers #Freedom250 #GreatAmericanStateFair #July4 #militaryAviation #soundOfFreedom
  4. Large-scale flyovers without proper notice are rude–and an insult to avgeeks

    The past two days have featured some of the most impressive airshow performances in D.C. skies in years–but I, a card-carrying avgeek, saw almost none of them. I’m blaming that on the Trump administration, and I don’t think I’m wrong.

    Wednesday night, I missed all but the end of a flyover that concluded with a B-2 bomber accompanied by a formation of F-35 fighters–I heard the roar of the smaller jets as I was exiting a grocery store but only saw one or two reflected in the windows of an office building across the street. Thursday afternoon, I didn’t catch any of an unusual grouping of two B-52s and pairs of F-15s, F/A-18s and F-35s.

    I was in the wrong place twice (which is why I’m illustrating this post with a picture of an F-16 formation over Nationals Park before 2025’s home opener) because the organizers of the Freedom 250 series of events on the Malls did not specify flight times in their announcement of these flyovers.

    The people running this decidedly partisan event also didn’t use their X account to offer updates on flyover scheduling. I should have instead checked photographer and aviation enthusiast Andrew Leyden, who has been relaying updates there.

    (He’s also on Bluesky but not repeating everything that he posts on X, to my dismay.)

    From looking at Reddit, I see that I have company in being perplexed by the lack of a heads-up and wondering why there’s no published schedule. It appears that I’ll continue to be left guessing over the remaining days of flyovers–through July 10.

    That’s not how this is supposed to work: People on the ground deserve to know when they’ll see their taxpayer dollars in action like this. They don’t have to be total aerospace nerds to appreciate a demonstration of engineering in action–and the piloting skills required to fly so precisely.

    And even if folks on the ground somehow have zero interest in aviation, they still might want to know when not to schedule a call to avoid people on the other end thinking they’re about to be on the receiving end of an airstrike.

    We know how to do this correctly. I can plan to watch for Arlington National Cemetery flyovers in support of military funerals because I get a text and an e-mail a few days before from the District’s AlertDC system; although those alerts had grown spotty by the time I wrote an explainer about flyovers for Greater Greater Washington in 2023, they’ve been much more reliable recently.

    For more involved aerial performances, organizers have even fewer reasons to leave people guessing. The May 8, 2025 “Arsenal of Democracy” flyover that commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe had a starting time of 12:10 p.m. published weeks in advance. And six years ago, even in the middle of pandemic-induced chaos, we knew when to step outside to watch the July 4, 2020 flyovers above the Mall that Trump ordered up because those, too, came with a start time published three days before.

    This is far from the worst example of the second Trump administration falling below the low standards of the first one, but it belongs somewhere on that list.

    #airShow #avgeek #aviation #B2 #B52 #F15 #F35 #FA18 #FA19 #flyover #flyovers #Freedom250 #GreatAmericanStateFair #July4 #militaryAviation #soundOfFreedom
  5. “‘Real Alien Sh*t’: Downed US Pilot Describes Advanced Iranian Drone Network”

    by Palestine Chronicle Staff

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    @iran
    @iraq
    @palestinenews

    “Key Takeaways:

    - A US F-15 pilot shot down over Iran reportedly told investigators he observed multiple interconnected drones moving as one.
    - The account sparked what CNN described as a “firestorm of debate” within the US intelligence community.
    - Officials remain divided over whether the pilot witnessed a previously unknown Iranian drone capability or misinterpreted events during combat”

    palestinechronicle.com/real-al

    #Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Sanctions #EconomicWarfare #Hegemony #MoU #Negotiations #Switzerland #Drone #DroneSwarm #F15 #Pilot

  6. “‘Real Alien Sh*t’: Downed US Pilot Describes Advanced Iranian Drone Network”

    by Palestine Chronicle Staff

    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @iran
    @iraq
    @palestinenews

    “Key Takeaways:

    - A US F-15 pilot shot down over Iran reportedly told investigators he observed multiple interconnected drones moving as one.
    - The account sparked what CNN described as a “firestorm of debate” within the US intelligence community.
    - Officials remain divided over whether the pilot witnessed a previously unknown Iranian drone capability or misinterpreted events during combat”

    palestinechronicle.com/real-al

    #Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Sanctions #EconomicWarfare #Hegemony #MoU #Negotiations #Switzerland #Drone #DroneSwarm #F15 #Pilot

  7. “‘Real Alien Sh*t’: Downed US Pilot Describes Advanced Iranian Drone Network”

    by Palestine Chronicle Staff

    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @iran
    @iraq
    @palestinenews

    “Key Takeaways:

    - A US F-15 pilot shot down over Iran reportedly told investigators he observed multiple interconnected drones moving as one.
    - The account sparked what CNN described as a “firestorm of debate” within the US intelligence community.
    - Officials remain divided over whether the pilot witnessed a previously unknown Iranian drone capability or misinterpreted events during combat”

    palestinechronicle.com/real-al

    #Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Sanctions #EconomicWarfare #Hegemony #MoU #Negotiations #Switzerland #Drone #DroneSwarm #F15 #Pilot

  8. “‘Real Alien Sh*t’: Downed US Pilot Describes Advanced Iranian Drone Network”

    by Palestine Chronicle Staff

    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @iran
    @iraq
    @palestinenews

    “Key Takeaways:

    - A US F-15 pilot shot down over Iran reportedly told investigators he observed multiple interconnected drones moving as one.
    - The account sparked what CNN described as a “firestorm of debate” within the US intelligence community.
    - Officials remain divided over whether the pilot witnessed a previously unknown Iranian drone capability or misinterpreted events during combat”

    palestinechronicle.com/real-al

    #Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Sanctions #EconomicWarfare #Hegemony #MoU #Negotiations #Switzerland #Drone #DroneSwarm #F15 #Pilot

  9. “‘Real Alien Sh*t’: Downed US Pilot Describes Advanced Iranian Drone Network”

    by Palestine Chronicle Staff

    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    @iran
    @iraq
    @palestinenews

    “Key Takeaways:

    - A US F-15 pilot shot down over Iran reportedly told investigators he observed multiple interconnected drones moving as one.
    - The account sparked what CNN described as a “firestorm of debate” within the US intelligence community.
    - Officials remain divided over whether the pilot witnessed a previously unknown Iranian drone capability or misinterpreted events during combat”

    palestinechronicle.com/real-al

    #Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Sanctions #EconomicWarfare #Hegemony #MoU #Negotiations #Switzerland #Drone #DroneSwarm #F15 #Pilot

  10. europesays.com/iran/155669/ Tehran Targets US Airbase Housing US F-35, F-15 & F-16 Jets After Trump Rains Tomahawks On Iran #F15 #F16 #F35 #Iran #Tehran #tomahawks #trump

  11. Air Force Eyes F-35s, F-15s for Combat Search and Rescue Role

    As the A-10 Thunderbolt II retires, the Air Force is eyeing alternative aircraft, including F-35s and F-15s, to take on the critical combat search and rescue role. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach told lawmakers that these platforms will make the mission a core part of their operations.

    osintsights.com/air-force-eyes

    #CombatSearchAndRescue #F35 #F15 #A10 #AirForce

  12. Sometimes its just luck. Was a slow day so was shooting this NASA bird and there was something in the upper corner. Just an F-22 and an F-15 with a huge IR sensor on it. Boron, California, May 2022 #NASA #edwardsafb #F15 #Eagle #aviation #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #cvvhrn

  13. Sometimes its just luck. Was a slow day so was shooting this NASA bird and there was something in the upper corner. Just an F-22 and an F-15 with a huge IR sensor on it. Boron, California, May 2022 #NASA #edwardsafb #F15 #Eagle #aviation #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #cvvhrn

  14. Sometimes its just luck. Was a slow day so was shooting this NASA bird and there was something in the upper corner. Just an F-22 and an F-15 with a huge IR sensor on it. Boron, California, May 2022 #NASA #edwardsafb #F15 #Eagle #aviation #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #cvvhrn

  15. Sometimes its just luck. Was a slow day so was shooting this NASA bird and there was something in the upper corner. Just an F-22 and an F-15 with a huge IR sensor on it. Boron, California, May 2022 #NASA #edwardsafb #F15 #Eagle #aviation #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #cvvhrn

  16. Sometimes its just luck. Was a slow day so was shooting this NASA bird and there was something in the upper corner. Just an F-22 and an F-15 with a huge IR sensor on it. Boron, California, May 2022 #NASA #edwardsafb #F15 #Eagle #aviation #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #cvvhrn

  17. Israel Weighs $50 Billion F-35, F-15 Fighter Jet Expansion

    Israel's military is gearing up for a major expansion, with plans to acquire around 50 additional F-35 and F-15 fighter jets in a deal valued at a whopping $50 billion. This significant upgrade would substantially boost the country's air defense capabilities.

    osintsights.com/israel-weighs-

    #F35 #F15 #Israel #MilitaryProcurement #DefenseSpending