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malthaussen

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3. Cargo planes or Orions?

Reply to Prism (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 05:45 PM

Jun 2015

Is there an ASW base near SF? We used to have Orions flying out of my neighborhood air station every day until it was closed and re-purposed to be a drone base.

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Is there an air show in San Francisco Bay today? [View all] Prism Jun 2015 OP

Not sure, when is yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #1

Fleet week is typically October Prism Jun 2015 #4

Fleet Week is in the Fall. Brother Buzz Jun 2015 #5

Nothing I'm aware of. It's terrible weather for it in SF too, foggy and windy. arcane1 Jun 2015 #2

Yep. Terrible weather and a typical SF summer day. 3-4 hours of sunshine and 20-21 hours of Luminous Animal Jun 2015 #11

Cargo planes or Orions? malthaussen Jun 2015 #3

Maybe Orion? Prism Jun 2015 #6

What color were they??? nt greytdemocrat Jun 2015 #7

Grayish? Prism Jun 2015 #8

Could also just be training. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #9

Maybe a fly-by event related to D-Day? Along the waterfront, perhaps, petronius Jun 2015 #10

Probbaly was a C-130 or P-3 doing MicaelS Jun 2015 #12