i can see both sides here. being a Grunt, it is nice to see a few, also knowing out of Nellis, they will fly 4-6 B-1's 2-4 B-2's, at least a dozen or more F-16's and 15's. 4-8 F-22's, the aggressor squadrons, E-2 and E-4 AWACS aircraft, J-STAR's, KC-135's, C-17's, AC-130's...... need i go on? in large scale "RED FLAG" ops, and they let people stand there on the public roads filming and photo every aircraft that takes off......
oh, lets not forget when we invite foreign nations to participate with us. French Rafale-M's? British Tornado's and EF-2000's, uhhh what else have i seen..... Mirage 2000's, British Sea Harriers and Marine AV-8B's..... i mean you are talking well over 50-100 aircraft taking off one behind another for these ops. and what are they?
TRAINING.
if a real threat was present, there would be no comms going on. COMSEC/OPSEC would be fully in place, MP and civilian LEO would be preventing anyone from getting near the bases as they take off to get photos and film.
so lighten up. if they were audible, it was nothing. if it was real, they would be all buttoned up and on enc and we would be hearing NOTHING.
don't you think if it was a credible threat, civilian/commercial air ops would have been suspended around the area with large size TFR's?
common sense floats a long way people.