# What is this airplane doing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-airplane-doing/235642 "2004-03-22T01:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-airplane-doing/235642/1 "2004-03-22T01:13:58Z")
Almost every weekday I see a fighter jet (it looks like a black or other dark-colored [F-5](http://www.jneri.com/Jmac/Fighters/F-5_01.jpg) pass over the Golden Gate Bridge from west to east flying towards the North Bay & Delta, near where the Concord Naval Weapons Station is. It always passes over at about the same time too, somewhere between 1 and 3 pm. I can’t figure out why this happens _every day_ (seemingly). I was thinking that if they were holding some sort of exercise, I’d see it for a few days, and then it would stop. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![zlexiss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecae2f/32.png) [@zlexiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zlexiss)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-airplane-doing/235642/2 "2004-03-22T01:17:13Z")
Might be some T-38’s (they look much like the F-5) with new pilots getting some kind of practice in… ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-airplane-doing/235642/3 "2004-03-22T05:19:22Z")
The Golden Gate bridge is also considered a high risk target for terroists too. Might just be someone keeping an eye on things from above.