Scrambled F-16s, a Sonic Boom, and Plane Crash Mystery in Virginia On Sunday, multiple F-16 fighter jets were scrambled when a private Cessna 560 Citation V suddenly made a U-turn over Long Island and started flying hundreds of miles off its flight path, including restricted airspace over the nation’s capital. The fighter jets shadowed the […]
Scrambled F-16s, a Sonic Boom and Plane Crash Mystery in Virginia: What We Know On Sunday, August 29, a private plane veered off its path and flew hundreds of miles, leading to the scramble of six F-16 jets from three locations. The intercept resulted in a sonic boom that was heard across Washington and parts […]
Sonic Boom Heard Across D.C. Area Was From Military Jets, Officials Say A loud noise that was heard across much of the Washington, D.C., area on Sunday afternoon was caused by the sonic boom from military jets scrambling to respond to an intrusion into restricted airspace by a private flight, military and U.S. officials confirmed […]
Fighter Jets’ Sonic Boom Shakes Washington D.C. Area The Incident On June 4th, fighter jets were scrambled from the Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to intercept a private plane in Virginia. The pilot of the Cessna remained unresponsive to air traffic control communications, leading the F-16 jets to use flares to try and get the […]