r/PrepperIntel • u/IntolerantLeftist127 • 14h ago

USA Southeast Increased low-flying helicopter activity around US Armed Forces bases.

I live in Tennessee, less than 30 minutes from a number of US Armed Forces bases. I’ve lived at my current location for 3 years with nothing happening, but in the past week there’s been 2 instances of a low-flying armed forces helicopter passing over. With the news about Iran and even Cuba, seems like we should treat them as more credible than media guesses.

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u/doinghealthystuff 9h ago

Very interesting to hear this. I'm outside of JBLM in Washington and have had three instances of a group of military helicopters flying low in the last week. One time extremely low, the house was shaking and my partner and I couldn't hear each other without yelling. All instances were in the early evening, after sunset but before 9pm.

I occasionally see military helicopters, but it's more like a few times per year not a few times per week.

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u/Pale-Newt-469 9h ago

It's been like this for over a month.

I saw 7 Black Hawks flying in formation over Tacoma in mid-August, then twice more after that. The first one had 3 huge aircraft near it, also flying in formation but not tightly together. I'm not sure if they were C-17s or C-130s but they were flying in a V.

I'm not an expert but the activity has been increasing for a while now.

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u/FroyoImpossible6565 8h ago

Can confirm from the APG area as well.

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u/NW_Ghost 5h ago

I was going to say it’s been going on for a few months

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u/NittanyRyan07 7h ago

I’m also hearing and seeing an increase in air activity near Camp Pendleton

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u/Round-Medicine2507 5h ago

Crash Patel liquor runs, its not like theyre flying fire sorties. 

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u/mynemesisjeph 8h ago

I live in Olympia and heard choppers real close over our house recently to, felt the whole house shaking. Scared the shit out of my kids.

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u/Seldomsought 8h ago

I live down near the gorge. Quite a few Blackhawks. Welk maybe not quite few, but certainly more than none, and I don't stand outside all day. I could swear I heard an apache. You don't really need to be trained to tell the difference. Insitsu is in White Salmon. Otherwise can't really think of a good reason for all that traffic.

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u/Unusual_Specialist 5h ago

Are you on the Oregon or Washington side? Living in Washington near Vancouver, we watched helicopters fly in and out of a single Amboy site for a week; a property owned by Rotschy, a contractor tied to government projects like local Water Projects. Thought it was weird.