About the low-flying, insanely loud aircraft that gave me instant 9/11 flashbacks and sent my golden retriever running for cover, Wil Wheaton says:
That was the stealth bomber and two stealth fighters. They fly over the rose parade route every year, and scare the everlivingfuck out of a lot of people who don’t know what the hell is going on. They go right over my house, about 1200 feet above my bedroom.
Update: Wil’s brother Jeremy captured the stealth crafts in flight as they flew away from the parade — snapshot below. They look so small and distant in this photo, but trust me: they sure sounded like close-range whupass.
Story-wise it isn’t much of a deal. Wil Wheaton speaks and nerds everywhere go Oooo. But the Air Force regularly has overflights of events. The events ask for it for the Ooo, Ahhh effect. And the Air Force is generally glad to oblige for both recruitment and to keep themselves in the taxpayers minds. Mind I have yet to see a flyby with both a B2 Bomber and a pair of F22s, I’d love too but I haven’t yet, but considering the F22 is coming to become the new frontline fighter, and the B22 is supposed to be the mainline bomber. The combination isn’t surprising. Though some call the F-117 a Stealth Fighter, it’s closer to a slow very agile “small” bomber. But the picture captured (above) is VERY nice.
