Fighter Jets in Davis, WV (Grafton, Beverly: living, train, radio)
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Does anyone know why fighter jets (look like F-14's but not sure) routinely fly over Davis/Canaan valley area? I have lived in Davis for less than a week and have seen/heard the jets twice already. I even caught one doing a fancy manuever (it looked kinda cool). I remember my first time visiting Canaan Valley and a jet flew over and at first I thought a bomb was about to land, lol. I'm only asking because I used to live in NJ, only miles from Maguire AFB and I never had fighter jets flying over.
They buzz us here in Grafton often also. They seem to come from nowhere. Very fast, VERY low. You expect to hear a large crash within seconds but off they go as fast as they came. I've always heard they were practicing making runs at the Tygart Dam. I don't know if that's true or just what seems most likely.
They usually come in pairs. When I worked for the Refuge, they'd spot our big white truck in the middle of a field somewhere, and radio back to their buddy, who would come damn near low enough to be a hood ornament.
I got buzzed a few times up at Mt. Storm at the windfarm too. One time I swear they went sideways between the turbines. Just about rupture your eardrums when they fly that close.
They buzz us here in Grafton often also. They seem to come from nowhere. Very fast, VERY low. You expect to hear a large crash within seconds but off they go as fast as they came. I've always heard they were practicing making runs at the Tygart Dam. I don't know if that's true or just what seems most likely.
I remember the first time I visited down here before I moved here. I was in Black Bear Resort and we suddenly heard a loud sound. We thought a bomb or missile was going to crash and we ducked down. I looked out the window in time to see the jets fly directly overhead, very low.
I lived in Beverly for the past 2 years (randolph county) and I didn't hear them at all living there. Now that I live in Davis I hear them regularly. The fancy maneuver the one jet did was a neat little show :-)
They usually come in pairs. When I worked for the Refuge, they'd spot our big white truck in the middle of a field somewhere, and radio back to their buddy, who would come damn near low enough to be a hood ornament.
I got buzzed a few times up at Mt. Storm at the windfarm too. One time I swear they went sideways between the turbines. Just about rupture your eardrums when they fly that close.
You're totally right. Every time I've seen them there is always 2 of them. I guess all we know is that they're taking practice runs.
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