Military question : Othor Games

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:53 pm

why is the world did a military heli just fly over my house!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:18 am

To get to the other side!

Hahahahaha! *ahem*

Okay, most probably because they're transporting something. If you live somewhere that's politically unstable, I wouldn't be too surprised.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:36 pm

The Red Arrows fly over my hose fairly often. They travel too fast to get a look at them usually though.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:47 pm

In b4 they're coming for you!

Hide! :ninja:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:28 am

They're coming to bomb your house and take your gaming equipment! :ninja:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:20 am

why is the world did a military heli just fly over my house!

Because it was going somewhere? Modern militaries operate in civilian airspace all the time. You probably live near a base with helis, and it's pretty standard for the military of any country to run air patrols and move about supplies with military air vehicles.

I've personally had Air force 1 fly over my head while I was driving by only about the height of a two-storey building, (the road was by Joint base Andrews naval air facility's runway) same goes for marine 1. I've had plenty of f-15's and f-16's fly over my house along with c-130's. It's no big deal.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:41 am

They're coming to bomb your house and take your gaming equipment! :ninja:

I think you wrote that backwards.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:48 am

We get a lot of them here, all manner of Chinpaches and Anooks noisily wafting about. The reason appears to be the proximity to Brize Norton, so I guess it depends on whether or not you live near a military airbase (though not necessarily the same one). If you don't live close to such an establishment, then I can only surmise that they're out to get you. Hope this helps.

Edit: if I'm honest, I've never seen an Apache in the neighbourhood, but the twin-rotor buggers are frequently seen. Or rather frequently felt as they make the whole house vibrate.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:22 am

It could be a really awesome ad campaign for Homefront. But I doubt it.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:01 am

The Red Arrows fly over my hose fairly often. They travel too fast to get a look at them usually though.

Maybe you shouldn't leave your trousers outside so often then.

/bad joke

We get Apaches and Chinooks flying low over my house quite often, travelling between air bases and army bases. It's really nothing uncommon.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:04 pm

Because they know you're weak and that they could land on your lawn and you wouldn't do anything about it.

Make legible on your roof, the following message: "Beware of SAMs"

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:29 am

C-17s, A-10s, F-18s, Apaches, Black Hawks, and Sea Stallions fly over my house over my house all the time. Today's military can operate in Civilian Airspace.

If you don't mind me asking, but where do you live? Because, if you live in a place like Libya or Bosnia, I could understand.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:35 am

C-17s, A-10s, F-18s, Apaches, Black Hawks, and Sea Stallions fly over my house over my house all the time. Today's military can operate in Civilian Airspace.

If you don't mind me asking, but where do you live? Because, if you live in a place like Libya or Bosnia, I could understand.

I live in oklahoma o_o

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:21 am

Do you live near an airbase/war zone/anywhere the military would be?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:26 am

Do you live near an airbase/war zone/anywhere the military would be?

the nearest is tinker and thats like 1hour 30mins away

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:08 am

It was an April fools prank to get you all worked up. Trust me, I know this well.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:06 am

Ah. Probably your problem then. I live about that far away from a base and i see HMMWV's and MRAP's all the time.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:40 pm

Because they know you're weak and that they could land on your lawn and you wouldn't do anything about it.

Make legible on your roof, the following message: "Beware of SAMs"

There was a farmer in Britain that painted "Piss off Biggles" on his roof.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:07 pm

In the summer F-16s, F-22s and the occasional military truck and C-130 fly/drive by.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:26 am

the nearest is tinker and thats like 1hour 30mins away

Tinker is a pretty big Air force base. It's no surprise that a military craft flew over your house. Your well within the operational range of helicopters deploying from tinker.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:37 am

I heard that they were doing a missile testing in Oklahoma, maybe that has something to do with it :shrug:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:17 pm

I get all sorts of aircraft flying over my house all the time now. That and the occasional muffled sounds of something loud all the way from Quantico. I think they fire Artillery every now and then.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:06 pm

Military training, transport, Blackout from Transformers...

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:23 am

I get Black Hawks and Chinooks flying over my house all the time.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:25 pm

I get choppers flying over my house sometimes. I live close enough to Fort Bragg that this isn't that uncommon. What really bothers me is when they blow up whatever nuclear devices they must have stored there to make the entire house shake from fifty miles away.