Airforce One and 3 jet fighters flew over my house

[Joel Merrill]

I'm guessing that they were not more than 15.000 or 20,000 feet.

Joel

[Charlene Clevenger]

Wow! You didn't have your camera, did you?

[Belinda Y. Edwards]

Did your kidneys shake?

[Joel Merrill]

Wow! You didn't have your camera, did you?

I wanted to get my camera but by then they would be gone. There are several Airforce Ones that all look alike so this may not have been the president but it was kind of neat to see the F-16's escorting it. We had cloud cover here all day and they were below the clouds. They may have been making an approach to Des Moines or possibly Omaha.

joel

[Joel Merrill]

Did your kidneys shake?

No, they weren't that low. It was kind of funny. I went to get a hair cut and told my barber. He asked where they were headed. Of course President Bush doesn't keep me in formed of his plans so I just said they were heading west. Then he said, "Where was he coming from?" I said, "East" :basic05

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[Belinda Y. Edwards]

No, they weren't that low. It was kind of funny. I went to get a hair cut and told my barber. He asked where they were headed. Of course President Bush doesn't keep me in formed of his plans so I just said they were heading west. Then he said, "Where was he coming from?" I said, "East" :basic05

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*laughs* You are soo funny. That is cute. Thanks for sharing. i love stories like this.

[Marg Webb]

Is That Your Regular Barber:):)

[Joel Merrill]

Is That Your Regular Barber:):)

He is the only barber in town. He is 74. He says he is going to work until he is 105 and then he is going to cut back to a 3 day week. I hope he makes it that long. I hate getting my hair cut in a beauty shop :basic02

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[Jim Franklin]

President Kennedy in Air Force One flew over the school where I was teaching in Moses Lake, WA a month before he was assassinated. Then after it landed we saw his helicopter fly over on his way to dedicate a dam on the Columbia River. The principal had adjusted our recess schedule so that we could all be out and watch.

[Joel Merrill]

It was not Air Force One. I thought when I saw it that the tail didn't look right. I talked to some Air Force buddies and we looked up some planes on the Internet. They think it was a C-17 bringing some of our solders back. It did have a tail like that and it was a very big plane but I didn't see it long enough to remember it that well. It was very exciting to see anyway.

Joel

[Marg Webb]

Joel you mentioned men returning from Iraq.
One of my friend's is a hostess on the Plane's that take Army to Iraq and also bring other's back.
They come directly from the battle field to the plane. She said, "they fall asleep as soon as they board". To awaken them to eat they have the seat partner awaken then as they are still so wound up that they will lunge at them to attack.
My friend is born again Nazarene and she feels so priviledged to be doing this.
The other day they brought in a group from Germany to Baltimore. They had, had a shower and change of uniform. These men were really more talkative. The story's my friend heard was so sad. One boy was with his brother and the brother was wounded, he tried to get to his brother and they refused to let him leave ther area and his brother did.
This Lad was arriving home on Friday, his brother's funeral had been on Thursday.
His heart was broken she said.

[Dana Grant]

I wanted to get my camera but by then they would be gone. There are several Airforce Ones that all look alike so this may not have been the president but it was kind of neat to see the F-16's escorting it. We had cloud cover here all day and they were below the clouds. They may have been making an approach to Des Moines or possibly Omaha.

joel

And if they saw you taking pictures, Joel, they would probably have swooped down and grabbed your camera!!! HA HA

swooped? swope? whatever.

Just kidding anyway.....

[Dana Grant]

No, they weren't that low. It was kind of funny. I went to get a hair cut and told my barber. He asked where they were headed. Of course President Bush doesn't keep me in formed of his plans so I just said they were heading west. Then he said, "Where was he coming from?" I said, "East" :basic05

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And then did you say "Here's your sign."

LOL

[Joel Merrill]

Joel you mentioned men returning from Iraq.
One of my friend's is a hostess on the Plane's that take Army to Iraq and also bring other's back.
They come directly from the battle field to the plane. She said, "they fall asleep as soon as they board". To awaken them to eat they have the seat partner awaken then as they are still so wound up that they will lunge at them to attack.
My friend is born again Nazarene and she feels so priviledged to be doing this.
The other day they brought in a group from Germany to Baltimore. They had, had a shower and change of uniform. These men were really more talkative. The story's my friend heard was so sad. One boy was with his brother and the brother was wounded, he tried to get to his brother and they refused to let him leave ther area and his brother did.
This Lad was arriving home on Friday, his brother's funeral had been on Thursday.
His heart was broken she said.
There have always been problems with solders adjusting back to normal life. My Dad and his brother both had troubles adjusting when they came back from WW2. They at least had a long ride back on a ship to unwind. It was much worse in Vietnam when solders came home in jets. It seems to me that the military should be able to do more to help these boys adjust.

It is too bad about that boy and his brother. I'm sure they thought they had good reason not to let him go to his brother. Since his brother died, his injuries were obviously serious. It may have been a gruesome sight. War is a terrible thing.

To many people now days forget that our freedom has been bought and is maintained at a high price. There will never be a war to end all wars. We do our best to avoid them but as long as there is evil in the world, there will be wars.

Joel

[Joel Merrill]

I've been looking at pictures on Airlines.net (One of my favorite sites) and I'm about 90% sure the plane I saw was a C-5 Galaxy.


http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?&aircraft_genericsearch=Lockheed%20C-5%20Galaxy&nr_of_rows=649&first_this_page=60&page_limit=15&sort_order=photo_id+DESC&nr_pages=44

Joel