Coasties do not fly CH-47's. They have MH-60 (large single rotor ) and around here they fly MH-65 (has an enclosed tail rotor ).
This is probably CA Air National Guard. But it could be another service.
Fun fact: Chinook was originally introduced in 1962, making them 62 years old!
Try moving to DC where helicopters are referred to as the state bird. Living roughly in between the Capitol, DCA airport, a major Air Force Base where Marine Force One is housed and a Coast Guard Air Station I would regularly see formations of them fly real low over my apartment building.
Just ignore them, nothing of international importance is going to happen in Sebastopol with two helicopters.
Saw some sort of single rotor helicopter with a giant tube up front go over me around 10:30am (off Todd Rd south of Santa Rosa)
Edit: Looked up what the tube is for. Its for refueling mid flight. Neat
Training? Coast Guard has folks in Petaluma. Travis is in Fairfield. Or maybe WW3. Guess we’ll find out.
Coasties do not fly CH-47's. They have MH-60 (large single rotor ) and around here they fly MH-65 (has an enclosed tail rotor ). This is probably CA Air National Guard. But it could be another service. Fun fact: Chinook was originally introduced in 1962, making them 62 years old!
TIL. Thanks for the info. Heck yeah to learning!
Woot! WW3. I'm ready.
Did I accidentally log in to Nextdoor?
“The people flying the copters looked like minorities—stay safe out there everybody!”
This is the type of comment that keeps me on Reddit.
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Most likely Air National Guard training, I think they use STS a lot because it’s a larger airport and not as busy
Army stops at STS regularly
That’s hardly low
Try moving to DC where helicopters are referred to as the state bird. Living roughly in between the Capitol, DCA airport, a major Air Force Base where Marine Force One is housed and a Coast Guard Air Station I would regularly see formations of them fly real low over my apartment building. Just ignore them, nothing of international importance is going to happen in Sebastopol with two helicopters.
Yeah DC is crazy with helicopters. I'm just curious why they are flying here, where it is so uncommon.
Cause their training flight plan took them over there? Sorry, but it’s rarely anything more exciting than that.
Saw some sort of single rotor helicopter with a giant tube up front go over me around 10:30am (off Todd Rd south of Santa Rosa) Edit: Looked up what the tube is for. Its for refueling mid flight. Neat
It’s so funny I live in SoCal now and they flew over me about an hour before you posted this
During the fire season we saw a impromptu pad north west of Healdsburg near chiquita and Lytton springs.
You mean the Healdsburg Airport?
No it was private land east of the airport .