>Do yu think these exercises near Fallon are Top Gun?   
      
      
   dunno about ole gunnut but what I see is this .......   
      
   jets  (  f/a-18s I think ) bristling with weapons drop out of   
   somewhere up north ( of hawthorne city .... up towards   
   fallon nas )  ..... into the small canyon  (  just skimming slightly   
   below the canyon tops )  down  ( s.e. ) slightly east of   395  with   
   red flares spurting out of the back of them.  trails of  sams  ( from   
   the area of the truck mounted batteries of missiles tucked behind the   
   hill on the NAWTL )   are seen to arch up sorta toward the jets  ,   
   generally  ( don't look convincing to me for some reason ) .....   
   pretty much " whooosh "  it's over in a flash ........... just red   
   flares ... black smoke from other flares ..... a smoke trail or two (   
   from the sams ) ....... and a memory of how wild and loud it all   
   seemed.   
      
      
   it could be training for pilots giving them experience being fired at   
   ....... or maybe testing of new weapons detection / countermeasures   
   systems,  testing of new ground fired devices or  ???? .... who knows   
   ....... it could be a lot of things I guess .. but it all happens so   
   fast you don't really get a good look at it ....... it's trippy .   
      
    the only pictures you can get are of the remnants of flares and smoke   
   trails ....  it happens ( seemingly ) without warning and so fast you   
   couldn't  really get a good shot off before it was too late.   
   I'm not even sure those are f/a-18s .... could be f-14s or ?   
   dunno ......   
      
   you can watch for hours ,  days even and nothing ... then just when   
   you  have your back turned doing something else  (  getting silver out   
   of the mine holes )   blammmmm ..... it's happens .......  instantly   
   it's over .....   
      
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