Good Lord.
Posted on 03/05/2024 5:43:35 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office got more than a dozen calls on Saturday after a sonic boom caused by low-flying jets shocked residents and caused damage ranging from items falling off walls to broken glass.
The sheriff’s office took calls from Pomona Park, Lake Como, Crescent City and as far north as Palatka, and several people reported seeing two low-flying jets and hearing loud booms, which were the result of the jets breaking the sound barrier. One caller said they saw the sonic boom bubble.
The jets involved were F-15s from the Florida Air National Guard. The guard acknowledged the incident in an email to News4JAX but did not confirm it was a sonic boom, however, a Navy spokesperson said the “sonic boom” over Putnam County was not caused by U.S. Navy aircraft, after it was initially unclear which jets caused the disturbance.
“The Florida Air National Guard recently became aware of damage and noise complaints as a result of low-altitude training in Putnam County on Saturday, March 2nd. In response to this event, Florida National Guard command has directed that an investigation take place to determine the facts and implement any necessary measures to prevent this type of incident in the future,” the national guard said in a statement. “The Florida National Guard extends its deepest apologies for any resulting damage and the negative impact to the local community.”
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Good Lord.
Maybe someone told the Air Force that one of the houses has a Ruzzian family in it?
Probably shouldn’t be doing this type of flying in US urban areas. Maybe do it instead on the Mexican border at 50 feet.
Snowflakes.
Sonic booms weren’t uncommon in mid-century America.
In the early 90’s I was doing an Air Defense exercise just south of Astoria OR. At the end of the exercise had some B1’s overfly our CP breaking the sound barrier. A few miles south was a town called Sea Side, they head the sonic booms, didn’t know what they were and activated their Tsunami plan evacuating the town.
I can remember all of the 60s and sonic booms were a regular occurrence. I can’t recall exactly when they were stopped.
I recall when sonic booms were a norm as the local AB had a fighter squadron at the time. They did rattle homes, but we just lived with it. I recall nothing ever got broken.
And I also recall when coming back home from a place where bullets flying about was the norm, that when a sonic boom was heard I hit the floor.
But no one, no one ever called the cops because a jet was flying too fast. Today we have a bunch of effing babies. What are these people going to do if a real war comes to our home land? Call the Chinese or Russians and complain?
Grew up in Columbus Ohio in the 50’s and early 60’s. North American aviation was there (dad worked there). Sonic booms were a constant with testing of supersonic aircraft. We never had anything fall off the wall nor any broken windows.
Subwoofers playing rap while you’re stuck in gridlock traffic. College dorm speakers set on a windowsill. No complaints.
The Sound of Freedom. Oh, the humanity. Somebody send a safe space stuffed animal.
“Pardon our noise, it’s the sound of freedom”. On a sign outside the Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC.”
I grew up right next to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Oh.
We used to look forward to the booms over our houses.
At that time I believe they were restricted on the minimum altitude they could break sound barrier, so as not to blow out windows and such.
That’s the sound of FREEDOM, Cotizen!
After reading the excerpt, I wonder if the jets were flying lower than the jets making sonic booms when I was a kid.
i remember them doing sonicboom testing over our house when i was a kid...
My high school math teacher was a WWII war bride from Germany, (yes,I’m old). She was teaching class one day when a military jet broke the sound barrier and the boom was LOUD. She dove under her desk and some of the students started to laugh but her expression when she surfaced chilled us all.
She no doubt lived through bombings I can only imagine
Years ago, a multimillionaire in Omaha brought the Concorde to fly him and friends to Paris (I think) for his birthday. It couldn’t fly supersonic until it was over the ocean.
It was not the Air Force!
Florida Air National Guard according to the story
Still pretty funny!
Growing up south of Houston, we heard sonic booms frequently from jets flying out of Ellington AFB.
Best one ever, dad and I are driving out west of Houston (mid ‘70’s) and see a silver object zip across the sky at a high rate of speed. “What was that? I don’t know? UFO?”
So we stop at a wrecking yard and as we walk across the parking lot, a T-38 goes over nearby about 100’ above the ground over mach 1. It was impressive! My though was he was giving his family or friends a show.
“After reading the excerpt, I wonder if the jets were flying lower than the jets making sonic booms when I was a kid.”
Very possible. A jet blew out multiple windows in downtown Dayton one day. All over local news. That’s when they implemented the minimum altitude restriction I believe. Wright Patt. paid for all damages. Never heard any more complaints after that.
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