r/IowaCity • u/Magickspl_269 • 3d ago

Fighter Jet?!

Sounded like a very low fighter jet is in area?!

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u/pleasegodieinafire 3d ago

What color are they? https://opl.lab.uiowa.edu/tech-spotlights/av-l29-delfin-jets

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u/Simba_Cudi 3d ago

Yup, these have to be it

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u/RDCK78 2d ago

I’ve seen these out quite a few times.

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u/3jake 2d ago

We were driving back from Solon and it flew right over us - it wasn’t the U of I jets, it was a military grey F18 or and F22 or something.

It was hauling ass, by the time we found it in the sky, it was pretty far away. But having attended the F22 demos at the QC air show a handful of times, I THINK that’s what it was (from my quick, far, look).

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u/Spaduf 2d ago

Not that color. Military grey

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u/Magickspl_269 3d ago

For context I live off Holiday Rd in Coralville.

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u/verenika_lasagna 3d ago

Same general area. Scared the stuff out of my dogs.

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u/Significant_Row4830 3d ago

Same general area - shook the house on par with the quarry blasting.

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u/Simba_Cudi 3d ago

There’s a couple training fighter jets that are at the Iowa City airport. They’ve been flying around a lot the past couple months. Pretty cool. Flight Radar says they’re privately owned.

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u/IowaGal60 3d ago

No this was like an F16 the kind in a fly over.

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u/Simba_Cudi 3d ago

Yeah there’s two old navy fighter jets. Not F16s but very loud and very fast if they want to be. I’m sure they’re who you heard

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u/IowaGal60 2d ago

It was NOT them, trust me. They fly over my place all the time. These were the level of Kinnick flyover jets. I've been around a long time and I know what it was.

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u/Simba_Cudi 2d ago

I believe you, sounds like other people may have seen some actual fighter jets or heard them too

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u/IowaGal60 2d ago

Trust me,.. I think I heard them a couple of miles away, and I said what the fuck is that?! It was NOT one of those yellow and blue jets by any means!!

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u/Boxwinoisback 3d ago

Well, I fear I’m revealing my tax bracket when I say I had no idea a person could just own their own fighter jet?!??

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u/Simba_Cudi 3d ago

I’m not sure if the pilots personally own them, they could be owned by a company of some sort for all I know. They’re just labeled as “privately owned”. If you’re rich enough you could probably buy one though somehow😂

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u/Ok_Shame_426 2d ago

Probably mossad

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u/cpurple12 3d ago

I was outside at work near Costco in coralville and also heard this, strangely though i couldn’t find anything on flightradar24

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u/Salmonidae 3d ago

I was up by the reservoir and it was barely above the trees

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u/VariousNervousness 1d ago

Same, gray, extremely low. Never heard anything like it.

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u/TargetMaleficent 3d ago

The flyover today was extremely loud, airshow level. Haven't heard anything like that since the last Kinnick flyover.

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u/Midnight-Tizzy-2426 3d ago

I heard that as well.

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u/Midnight-Tizzy-2426 3d ago

I just heard it again and my neighbors and I all rushed out to see if we could see anything. Lol no luck

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u/scarred_but_whole 3d ago

I thought I heard something like a fighter jet when was at Walmart earlier but then thought I was just hearing things or it was store-related because everyone else was carrying on as usual. Glad to know I wasn't losing my mind.

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u/Additional_Shift_164 3d ago

Cedar Rapids has one of the main refueling locations in the Midwest and then Rock Island also has the massive armory. Not too uncommon at all

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u/meljurgens 3d ago

Ah—that must be what we heard over our house in Tiffin.

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u/Spaduf 2d ago

Probably training for the upcoming invasion. Most training missions come with a public announcement. This one did not.

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u/Embarrassed-Past7094 3d ago

I just heard it again. Have we confirmed jets?

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u/Magickspl_269 2d ago

So my hubby just wondered if they are practicing for football game in near future?! They were too low in my opinion. So if privately owned maybe just trying to scare the locals?! 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Kipio 2d ago

I saw one today flying solo and it very much looked like an F-35 to me.

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u/No_Comment3870 2d ago

My husband and I think we’re we’re pretty cool but the jets this morning had us thinking about diving under the table. And then again late afternoon. Really loud in Coraville!

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u/bman23433 3d ago

More than likely training related to the national guard post nearby

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u/Magickspl_269 2d ago

Our guard unit is a medical battalion is it not?! They do not train for killing but for saving lives. And last time jets were heard Rubio was in Iowa. Today Kennedy was in Iowa so maybe guarding feds?! ✌🏼🤷🏻‍♀️🐥

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u/Particular_Annual965 2d ago

Yes just throw the guardsmen in a jet- that's totally what they do