16 July 2026

Blacked Out

Harvey and I were out back watching movies last night and we could clearly hear helicopters.

Definitely 4+ blades. 

Normally that means a Coastie Jayhawk, the sheriff's 406 or a Lifeflight EC145.

I always go out to look.  Just in case it's a Hind sneaking up on me.

No lights.

Sometimes the sheriff's helo will do that.

Look up the ADSB.

The only thing in the area was a Cessna 152 that I'd seen and they were in the opposite direction of the rotor sounds.

The closest helo on ADSB was the county to the south's sheriff helo and that was way too far away and the wrong direction.

I am wondering if we're hearing training from MacDill up and around here.

They've done it before. 

Posted by Angus McThag at 14:27
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  1. Tsquared20 July, 2026 20:02

    There is no training at MacDill. They have deep pockets and go elsewhere for training. I had 12 years of JCSE. When I got back to regular Air Force it was easy. I was a rock star in the combat comm unit I finished my career with.

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