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Siwsan

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2. I forgot how loud military jets can be

Reply to MiHale (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 23, 2023, 11:37 AM

Jun 2023

When I was station in Iceland, it was an air base and the clinic AND barracks were very close to the air field. The noise from the jets became more of a background noise. The only time we paid attention is when someone shouted 'BEAR ALERT!!' which meant it was a Russian MIG zooming overhead.

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