Miltary Activity?

TrekkieMage · **Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:59 pm Miltary Activity?**

This is more speculation than hard news, but my sister and I have both noticed a flurry of air activity today. She's near DC, and I'm near another air base.

Anyone else think it's possible that there may be some news soon about increased or changes in militrary activity? I haven't seen anything on CNN or BBC about it.

I think it's very possible, but I may also be imagining things.

Republican_Man · **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:01 pm**

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215601,00.html has a story on the army extending combat tours for 4,000 soldiers in Iraq, but that's all I know.

TrekkieMage · **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:06 pm**

Hm. I'm not sure extending a combat tour would warrent what looked (vaugely, by recollection only, and it's the only one I actually saw

) an F-15.

Republican_Man · **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:10 pm**

Meh. I see fighter jets all the time around here. Not a big deal to me

TrekkieMage · **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:12 pm**

I see them occasionally too, but I find it odd that there is such an increase in activity that is noticable to both me and my sister, more than two hours away from me.

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

Perhaps some sort of practice exercise?

Lord Borg · **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:31 pm**

TrekkieMage · **Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:09 pm**

Could be...I was just curious

WeAz · **Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:11 am**

Terror threat they want to keep quiet for now.

But yeah, I have noticed more activity near Alameda Air Station.

borgslayer · **Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:40 am**

The military is now having more Red Flag type excercises at other air bases. Its nothing to worry about.

Leo Wyatt · **Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:36 am**

I live close to Fort Stewart and I hear tanks shoot off every so often. There are troops are going back to Iraq soon I hear from FT. Stewart.

Seven of Nine · **Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:40 am**

According to Johny there was a French military convoy going down the A1 yesterday, and they were carrying weapons.

We've heard a lot of low planes and helicopters here recently.

TrekkieMage · **Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:04 pm**

There was another one that actually woke me up early this morning o.O

Puck and borgslayer may very well be right. But it still makes me a little jumpy

Republican_Man · **Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:46 pm**

Huh. Well, I think it's just a coincidence or something, but with stuff going on with Americans and French, it does make you wonder.

WeAz · **Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:27 pm**

No war between us...

But I just saw a pair of Apache's over my house. They were loaded with missiles. White Ones.