Husband was USAF pilot. They are not allowed to fly over CONUS proper that fast (that they create sonic booms) except with prior permission. It is a really big deal for a sonic boom to occur from a military aircraft (excluding exercises on test ranges.)
They are either covering for something or a really big threat happened today that required the pilots to fly full out..
Sonic boom from a F15EX
Husband was USAF pilot. They are not allowed to fly over CONUS proper that fast (that they create sonic booms) except with prior permission. It is a really big deal for a sonic boom to occur from a military aircraft (excluding exercises on test ranges.)
They are either covering for something or a really big threat happened today that required the pilots to fly full out..
Urban warfare drills?
Here on the Oregon coast this last week, people were very surprised to experience the same thing. https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/12/pilot-training-error-caused-sonic-booms-that-rattled-central-oregon-coast-tuesday.html