A bunch of copters!

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BMo
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Just flew over the house in the east part of the county. They were headed east. At least 7 that I counted and loud so I'm thinking military. It is still dark so could only count lights. Does anyone know anything?
meinkee
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I heard them, too. Probably reserve training or Ft Hood training. Seems to happen a couple of times each year. But no, I don't know...pure speculation.
NateDog
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Came fairly close to our house so I pulled up flightradar24, they were showing as one aircraft "RO8181" with no details.

When they went over I counted 3 pairs & a spare, so 7 total as someone already said. It was still dark, so could not identify, but they came from Ft. Hood so most likely Apaches?

Right now (7:15 a.m.) they look to be at the Beaumont Muni Airport.

Edit to add there's also a pair of Blackhawks at Easterwood at the moment. Final edit - Blackhawks left about 10 mins apart, appear to be Beaumont bound as well.
BMo
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NateDog said:

Came fairly close to our house so I pulled up flightradar24, they were showing as one aircraft "RO8181" with no details.

When they went over I counted 3 pairs & a spare, so 7 total as someone already said. It was still dark, so could not identify, but they came from Ft. Hood so most likely Apaches?

Right now (7:15 a.m.) they look to be at the Beaumont Muni Airport.

Edit to add there's also a pair of Blackhawks at Easterwood at the moment. Final edit - Blackhawks left about 10 mins apart, appear to be Beaumont bound as well.
Thanks for the info. They came right over our house.
Smeghead4761
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It is the weekend, which means there's a good chance it's the Texas National Guard.

- UH-72s out of Austin-Bergstrom

- AH-64s from Ellington (Houston)

- D/2-149 AVN, whatever they fly (NAS Dallas/Grand Prairie AAF, so not likely)

-UH-60 MEDEVAC from San Antonio

Or active units from either Hood or Bliss, possibly shuttling to Ft. Polk to support an infantry brigade rotation there.
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Chinooks for sure. Miss that sound sometimes.
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About 8 apaches just flew over heading East
Smeghead4761
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Saw 4 Blackhawks heading east around 10:30 or so.
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TyHolden
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were they taliban? we gave them most of them.
BaitShack
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Caught these fueling up at Easterwood on Saturday. Blades turning the whole time. Pretty cool.



NateDog
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7 choppers eastbound again this a.m. around 6:15. Not showing at all on FlightRadar this time around.
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NateDog said:

7 choppers eastbound again this a.m. around 6:15. Not showing at all on FlightRadar this time around.

Saw the same.
classicdoug
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Yep. That was crazy seeing the lights in the dark sky.
BMo
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Thought I counted 8. Right over the backyard again.
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Nealthedestroyer said:

Chinooks for sure. Miss that sound sometimes.
Yeah I miss those like I miss a hemorrhoid. My first training exercise we flew from Ft Ord to Ft Hunter Liggett on a ****hook and had to make an emergency landing because we had no hydraulic fluid. You'd think that'd be on a checklist somewhere but apparently not! That's when I learned that the reason "military grade" is so high is because Joe is capable of breaking pretty much anything!
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Smeghead4761
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classicdoug said:

Yep. That was crazy seeing the lights in the dark sky.
I heard them, then saw the lights come over (I live off 1179, about a mile east of the Wickson water tower).

When I got to work on west campus about 25 minutes later, I could hear multiple helos at Easterwood. If I had to guess, it was probably the same bunch.
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