174th Fighter Wing Photos
One thing that I found strange when working in the United States was the American Fighter Jets that would fly overhead on a daily basis. The company I worked for in Central New York was located beside the local airport so I would get to see the jets flying very low down and the noise from them was deafening.
The 174th Fighter wing flew out from Central New York State on a daily basis to patrol the skies over New York City; it would take them seven minutes to reach the Big Apple, which is extremely quick. As far as I know this was the fighter squadron that was scrambled into NYC skies during September 11th and have patrolled there daily ever since.
A friend in the United States recently had the opportunity to fly with the New York 174th Fighter Wing and sent me a bunch of photos, only some I would feel safe posting here.
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August 7th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
So how does one get the chance to fly with a fighter squadron in the US? I know you can go to Russia (or former soviet states) hand over some cash and fly in a MIG 25 or SU-27.