Fighter Jets Flying Over Costa Del Sol

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Fighter Jets Flying Over Costa Del Sol. Windows will be rattling this week as six F18 fighter jets engage in drills and test flights.

Fighter Jets Flying Over Costa Del Sol

This week the 15th Air Force Wing division are engaged in training flights near Malaga. Six F18 fighter jets are performing manoeuvres in the area. It’s likely that sonic booms will be heard from time to time.

Sonic Boom

A sonic boom is the sound associated with the shock waves created whenever a plane travels faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding similar to an explosion or a thunderclap to the human ear.

Torremolinos resident Lee Jackson heard a fly by earlier today. “The noise was immense” he told 93.6 Global Radio. “I saw the plane fly past, it was quite low and my office window rattled. It’s an impressive thing.”

Frigate Admiral Juan de Borbon is now in the Alboran Sea.

Spanish Frigate Assisting

Naval vessel “Admiral Juan de Borbon” is now stationed off the Costa Del Sol and is taking part in the exercises, which focus on the Alboran sea area. The exercises are designed to train pilots engaged directly with enemy air craft.

Published: 17.02.2020

Written by Dave James