TRENTON, N.J. -- Officials say sonic booms heard and felt along the coast from New Jersey to Connecticut were caused by military fighter jets conducting tests.
A Navy spokeswoman says an F-35C and F-18 from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, were conducting supersonic testing off the coast Thursday afternoon.
The F-35C has a top speed of nearly 1,200 mph.
Residents reported hearing loud booms and feeling the ground and buildings shake. The booms were heard as far away as Connecticut.
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When I was a kid in the 60's we heard them all the time, my dad used to say, "That is the sound of Freedom".
ReplyDeleteI frankly, like them and miss hearing them.