# Noisy Combat Aircraft

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisy-combat-aircraft/240531>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 17, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisy-combat-aircraft/240531 "2004-04-17T16:31:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisy-combat-aircraft/240531/21 "2004-04-19T12:50:50Z")

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Several years ago a C 130 and an A 10 flew around the Plant homne in the woods.  
The A10 had a huge saucer shape on it’s back, like an AWAC.  
What was it?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisy-combat-aircraft/240531/22 "2004-04-19T14:55:32Z")

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I thought I read once that P-38s would make a whistling noise when in a dive. Not by design, but if it was loud enough for German Pilots to hear in their cockpits it must have been loud.  
I used to live in Midwest City near the aproach path for Tinker AFB. Yes, they are loud. I remember seeing the Thunderbirds there on a open house day a long time ago and the T-birds did a supersonic fly over the crowd.

The planes streaked overhead and then a few moments later the sound came by.  
Now that was cool.

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