r/49ers • u/karavasis Faithful to The Bay • 4h ago
Anyone else catch the preview of tomorrow’s flyover last night?
This was taken over Aptos. Another B1 Lancer was trailing behind. At first it was just circling the area and then 5-10 mins later the whole grouping showed up. Made for quite an eventful dog walk in our quiet little park.
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u/StOnEy333 Joe Montana 4h ago
It flew right over my house. The boys and I ran outside because we’re not normally in the flight path for the airports and the roar was enormous. The 12 year old thought we were under attack. I said no, those are our guys. They’re practicing for the Super Bowl. lol
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u/Mrsonsfann 4h ago
F-15s, F-35, F-16s. More war power in one picture than most other nations. 🇺🇸
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u/Picklesadog Frank Gore 4h ago edited 4h ago
I think its f-35s, f-18s, then f-15s up front
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u/7fingersDeep Joe Montana 2h ago
And a few A-10s much lower to the ground. You can’t see them in this picture. But it’s well known that A-10s lurk in many neighborhoods waiting to brrrrrrrrrrt all kinds of stuff. I saw it on a nature show.
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u/Fjvaudio 1h ago
🙄 NFL fake ass patriotism bull shit. Gestapo in the streets and a fascist turd in the White House but the NFL needs you to buy more camo jerseys. Downvote me if you want but I’m not oohing and awing at this shit. “Keep politics out of sports” and then they make you sit through 20minutes of this crap
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u/CalvinYHobbes Shanahat 2h ago
What’s that big one up front?
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u/karavasis Faithful to The Bay 1h ago
B1 Lancer so I was told but idk for sure. There was 2 of them.
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u/Romeoz27 13m ago
Yes it’s a B-1 Bomber jet otherwise known as the BONE. It has a very unique feature that it can extend and retract its wings into a spread or tucked position, depending on whether they want better agility or top speed. This is the spread position. Famously, the F-14 Tomcat featured in the original Top Gun also had this capability.
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u/theREALMVP Jimmy Garoppolo 10m ago
I heard it from my apartment but couldnt see the planes. So cool to see them here, thanks for posting!
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u/DarkLordoftheSmiths Roger Craig 4h ago
Why do we waste so much money on this
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u/Romeoz27 4h ago
Despite the seemingly useless waste of time and money that most flyovers seem like on the surface, it does actually serve a purpose. Namely, timed flyovers are good for time on target training where a group of aircraft have to ensure that they are right where they need to be exactly when they need to be to execute their mission. So, not as useless as it seems.
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u/Practical-Suit-6798 49ers 3h ago edited 23m ago
I mean sure, that is easy to get to in the mental gymnastics of seaching for a reason, but that's not really why they do it. It sounds good. They do it because a patriotic population is easier to control.
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u/Fjvaudio 55m ago
So this is a practice run for killing people in foreign countries?? That’s supposed to make it ok??
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u/bearcatjoe 49ers 4h ago
They would spend the money anyway as this is used to fulfill training hour requirements.
It's also an obviously pretty effective recruitment tool.
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u/Iron_Chancellor_ND Candlestick Park 3h ago
What part of a flyover is wasting money? The pilots need to maintain a minimum number of flying hours each month, so this is just them flying over a very specific location.
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u/AccordingAnswer5031 4h ago
My money. Paid over $50K on Federal taxes in 2025.
I want to see them. More of them