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Sep 2 2010
06:30:pm
Expecting trouble?
By: R. Neal  shortURL

Seen at the McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base. Click image for bigger. Also, these.

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R. Neal's picture

FA-18s and A-10s? I'm not up

Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 6:42pm.

FA-18s and Harriers? I'm not up on my military hardware. Looks like enough firepower to take out a small South American republic, though.

R. Neal's picture

Hmm, will there be aerial

Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 7:18pm.

Hmm, will there be aerial surprises at U.T.'s opener Saturday? Or Boomsday?

JQ's picture

Those are F-18s.

Submitted by JQ (not verified) on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 7:24pm.

Those are F-18s.

talidapali's picture

McGhee Tyson is the home of...

Submitted by talidapali on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 7:46pm.

one of the Air National Guard's refueling wings. Those fighter pilots and their jets may be here for training exercises with regard to refueling procedures. I don't know for sure, just saying that is what they do there, so it has a high probability of being for training.

Michael Grider's picture

Heard a rumor today that

Submitted by Michael Grider on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 8:18pm.

Heard a rumor today that McGhee Tyson will soon be home to a Naval air base...unconfirmed, but this picture seems to corroborate that.

Factchecker's picture

They sure look like Harriers

Submitted by Factchecker on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 9:33pm.

They sure look like Harriers to me.

EDIT: OK, now I googled. Definitely Harriers.

redmondkr's picture

I wonder if they were moved

Submitted by redmondkr on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 9:58pm.

I wonder if they were moved here temporarily to get them out of Earl's path.

R. Neal's picture

get them out of Earl's

Submitted by R. Neal on Fri, 2010/09/03 - 5:55am.

get them out of Earl's path.

I think we may have a winner. Didn't even think of that.

metulj's picture

Ding. Ding. Ding. Norfolk and

Submitted by metulj on Fri, 2010/09/03 - 6:43am.

Ding. Ding. Ding. Norfolk and Cherry Point bugged out.

Joe328's picture

You got it right. McGhee

Submitted by Joe328 on Fri, 2010/09/03 - 9:28am.

You got it right. McGhee Tyson is a designated base for military aircraft during bad weather. Every military airbase must have an evacuation plan with designated destinations.

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No airshow?

Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Fri, 2010/09/03 - 9:59am.

I was thinking the family had caught a Labor Day airshow over that way in years past (and that the show took place every Labor Day)?

Am I mistaken about its date?

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At $30 million apiece, good idea to move them from storms

Submitted by RigsbyWerner (not verified) on Fri, 2010/09/03 - 8:32am.

although they are designed to fly into harm's way and destroy the enemy before they are destroyed.

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