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Over the Moon

SilleeMee — Thu, 30 May 2024 01:08:43 GMT

B-2 stealth bomber fly-over at the USAF Academy Graduation parade earlier today.

Courtesy of KKTV News, Colorado Springs.

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SaveTheTurtles — Thu, 30 May 2024 01:16:36 GMT

@SilleeMee What a great picture. Thank you for sharing!

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Jk9 — Thu, 30 May 2024 02:03:14 GMT

Wow! What a photo.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 30 May 2024 02:06:30 GMT

They used the airfield in Midland, Tx for practice and used to fly over our house very low frequently.

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dancingwoman — Thu, 30 May 2024 02:42:02 GMT

Very cool pic @SilleeMee Thx.. We had friends that used to live in Manitou Springs. We visited the academy a few times. The chapel was beautiful. They live in Cripple Creek now. Another small town in Colorado that has gone thru a ton of changes over the years. DW

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On It — Thu, 30 May 2024 03:41:43 GMT

@SilleeMee Wow! The Academy knows how to plan a memorable graduation. The Thunderbirds followed by a moonlit stealth bomber. Memorable indeed.

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NYCLatinaMe — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:27:03 GMT

Wow,I have never seen that. I seem to recall only one prior celebratory flyover of a stealth bomber. I could be wrong! I heard yesterday was a rehearsal, maybe they will do another fly over today during the actual graduation. I took a peek and they will be livestreaming the graduation on you tube starting at 11:30 am.

ETA - Yes I did see a stealth bomber. Next day post below.

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jlkz — Thu, 30 May 2024 10:36:45 GMT

@SilleeMee

Thank you for the stealth bomber photo. When I showed it to DH this AM, he said it brought back the terror he felt that day when he looked up and saw this low flying all-black " thing " overhead.

We saw it again when we were visiting a town celebration up in Hazleton. Still a scary sight in the heavens !

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wagirl — Thu, 30 May 2024 14:46:32 GMT

Reminds me of a time where I was shopping--it was a grey, gloomy wet, foggy day and there was a very unusual sound like some sort of airplane--I looked up just in time to see the back end of a Stealth disappear high up into the fog---you could hardly hear anything really, just a sound that was not one I had heard before.. Was pretty darn cool.

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BirkiLady — Thu, 30 May 2024 16:35:59 GMT

We usually don't hear the Stealth Bombers. They seem to glide high and rather quietly above our community. If I'm on the patio, I might notice the large black object above during the daylight hours. At night I'm prone to hear them with the quieter city traffic.

Imagine the education and training to fly one of those!!

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SilleeMee — Thu, 30 May 2024 17:14:44 GMT

@BirkiLady wrote:
We usually don't hear the Stealth Bombers. They seem to glide high and rather quietly above our community. If I'm on the patio, I might notice the large black object above during the daylight hours. At night I'm prone to hear them with the quieter city traffic.

Imagine the education and training to fly one of those!!

@BirkiLady

The two pilots flying today are both graduates from the USAF Academy.

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NYCLatinaMe — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:30:46 GMT

@SilleeMee post on today's US Air Force Academy graduation reminded me that YES! I did see a stealth bomber fly over at the 2008 MLB All Star Game at Yankee Stadium. High in the sky and brief sighting. Exciting nonetheless! I kept thinking yesterday, didn't I see one... I did! Just not as clearly as the photo!

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BirkiLady — Fri, 31 May 2024 17:06:06 GMT

@SilleeMee

When I worked in the Engineering Dept. of a Defense Division for a Fortune 500 Company, many men had gone to school at the US Air Force Academy and spent a good part of their lives in the AF, usually in or around planes or space plans. Brilliant minds and fascinating lives.

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beach-mom — Fri, 31 May 2024 17:10:23 GMT

@SilleeMee - Thanks for another great picture!

I remember the first time I saw one of these. We were looking for it, and all of the sudden it was right there! It was something!