WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard fighter jet flying a routine training mission over the New Hampshire-Vermont border has inadvertently broken the sound barrier.
The National Guard says the pilot of the F-15C Eagle was completing qualification training in a controlled military airspace Thursday morning when he flew at just under 700 mph at 20,000 feet above sea level. The area isn’t among those designated by the Air Force for supersonic flights.
Residents of the Vermont city of Bradford and the New Hampshire communities of Lyme and Orford may have heard the resulting sonic boom.
Dispatchers at the Hanover, N.H., police department, who take calls for 23 towns, tell the Valley News of Lebanon, N.H., that they received 15 calls related to the sonic boom.
The National Guard says it didn’t intend to cause undue concern.
‘Merica!
I wish over my house in west side!!! That’s noise of freedom baby!!!
To Our Men and Women, keep doing what you are doing! We are PROUD of You!!
I LOVE hearing those planes fly over my house. My 2 year old daughter already knows what sound and loves it whenever she hears it
The sound of freedom and being safe. I love it!!!!
This should NOT have been allowed. I respect the military but this is going too far.
Pour it on boy’s , that’s the sound of freedom
I can see people getting ticked off if it was 3am, but in the middle of the day? Big deal. I’m glad we have them here to watch over things! They were flying around Westfield today, I was watching them a little on my drive to work. Cool stuff!!
Just another xample of taxpayers $ being spent joy riding in the air….
Great job flyboys, keeping us safe from harm. Fly as fast as you want.
People are so damn negative. Go ahead boys, have fun !!
Love that sound and hear it quite often here in VA. I would rather have our planes overhead going supersonic than the enemy’s.
I love the pinko meatheads who think its not right i bet you drank the koolaid too
Good for them, they deserve our respect, not complaints, what is wrong with some people.
Watching them fly today . Love working in Westfield and having free air shows !! Have at it boys FLY FAST !!!
Wish I could have heard them. I loved listening to them when I lived in Westfield. Fly them jets loud and proud boys!! The sound if the people and the instruments they use to keep us safe.
They fly right over everyday and I just stop and watch!! Salute!
Is he or she gonna get a speeding ticket? And how does one fight this in court
fly it like you stole it baby. good for him!
Cool!
Very cool. Stop complaining!!
@William Mercado: how else do you learn to fly and become certified? You can only learn so much from the simulators. Geez. It isn’t like this “sonic boom” even affected us around here, but if someone crashes around here, it will be all about what he did wrong!! No matter what, people will find a reason to *****.