F-22"s at Grissom AFB

[Principal Skinr]

I read today that about 32 F-22 Raptors will or have been moved to Grissom AFB to avoid the hurricane. Has anyone up there seen them? If they are already there, are they visible on the ramp, or do they have enough inside storage to keep them?

I've never laid eyes on one, so I'd love to slip up there Saturday for a glimpse, if they are there and my honey-do list isn't too long this weekend.

 

[9mmfan]

Saw this on Fox News. I agree it would be pretty cool to see. Probably more security than usual.

 

[Indy-Mike]

Photo from Kevin Gregory WRTV




Perfectly placed near Peru! Grissom Air Reserve Base: Thirty-four F-22 and eight T-38 jets were flown from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to the base just south of Peru as a safe haven from Hurricane Joaquin.

 

[tmschuller]

5 flew over my work around 3?? somewhere in that time frame. headed toward Grissom. I am east and south of Grissom AFB.

 

[Spear Dane]

Crap. I live spittin distance from there. I will have to go look tomorrow. I heard lots of activity today. Those T-38s aren't native either.

 

[KokomoDave]

I saw 2 in my AO while exercising my K-9 at or about 3:03 pm.

 

[Loar]

I didn't realize Grissom still served as a base (in some capacity). That's great.

 

[Principal Skinr]

That's just awesome!! Can they be seen very well from the road anywhere? Even with binoculars?

 

[printcraft]

I saw 2 in my AO while exercising my K-9 at or about 3:03 pm.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I happened to be laying outside on my back at the shop today.
I was working on dads car and heard them and looked up and 2 flew directly overhead downtown Kokomo.
Sounded much different than the usual offerings.

 

[Who Dares Wins]

I saw one firing up and taking off from Indy airport when it came to Mt Comfort airshow a few years ago! Excellent to see this top of the line fighter!

 

[miguel]

Photo from Kevin Gregory WRTV




Perfectly placed near Peru! Grissom Air Reserve Base: Thirty-four F-22 and eight T-38 jets were flown from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to the base just south of Peru as a safe haven from Hurricane Joaquin.

Time to bail on the Union. Combine these with the A-10s in FW and we'd have a decent Air Force!

p.s. I am kidding, don't ban me.

 

[SMiller]

I didn't realize Grissom still served as a base (in some capacity). That's great.

Are they not a pretty big refueling wing?

Hope they like the dutch cafe, would be cool to bs with some of the guys.

 

[mdmayo]

Saw two flights of four F22s heading towards Grissom across south Madison county around 1530-1545; heard others in the same time frame but cloud cover was fairly heavy, so no visuals.

Grissom is SOP hurricane bug out for the east coast USAF bases, while USN jets and US Army/Navy rotary wing(s) usually head to Ohio.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Very cool. Would be great PR if they had a little "show and tell" for the general public.

 

[Rocket]

Those things aren't cheep. I am happy that they are watching out for our tax dollars!

 

[EOD Guy]

Hope they like the dutch cafe, would be cool to bs with some of the guys.

You'll probably have better luck at Hip Huggers in Kokomo!

 

[HoughMade]

I didn't realize Grissom still served as a base (in some capacity). That's great.

I think normally they run KC-135 tankers out of there. Actually, a lot on KC-135s. A couple of years ago, we stopped at the museum and there were KC-135s doing touch and go's and takeoff and landings constantly the whole time we were there.

 

[bluewraith]

Pretty impressive watching them fly over. If I think of it I'll drive by and see if they can be spotted from the road. I live right there on base.. Pretty noisy afternoon yesterday lol

 

[printcraft]

I think normally they run KC-135 tankers out of there. Actually, a lot on KC-135s. A couple of years ago, we stopped at the museum and there were KC-135s doing touch and go's and takeoff and landings constantly the whole time we were there.

This^^^^^^^^^

 

[jblomenberg16]

Obviously this is just a temporary move out of caution for the incoming hurricane, but I would presume that while at Grissom they will maintain the same level of operational readiness as they would for Langley, correct?

If I'm not mistaken they would be part of any response to a hijacking or other airborne threat on the east coast.