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Mystery solved: Jets spotted over Warwick part of air show in New York


A fighter jet caught flying around Warwick on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, by NBC 10 Viewer Mike Griffin (Mike Griffin Twitter)
A fighter jet caught flying around Warwick on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, by NBC 10 Viewer Mike Griffin (Mike Griffin Twitter)
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Multiple NBC 10 News viewers said they saw a few mysterious jets flying over Warwick on Wednesday.

NBC 10 was inundated with calls, emails and social media posts about the jets, which residents said they spotted near T.F. Green Airport at about 12:15 p.m.

“Anyone know why two fighter jets flew loud and low from TF Green around noon today? It literally shook my whole house, scared us half to death!” one woman wrote on the NBC 10 News Facebook page.

Another viewer wrote that he believed he witnessed the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the airport around the same time, while a third posted a video of one of the jets on Twitter.

"Anyone know why there are fighter jets flying low and fast around Warwick today?" Mike Griffin wrote. "Training exercise?"

Other viewers said they feared the worst, including a bombing, while an NBC 10 employee said he saw "a giant military cargo plane" fly over the city at about 3 p.m.

But the Rhode Island National Guard told NBC 10 that there is nothing to panic about, as the jets are part of an air show in New York this weekend, adding that they were just passing through Rhode Island.

The New York Internation Air Show noted online that the U.S. Navy Blue Angels were scheduled to arrive at New York Stewart International Airport on Wednesday around 5:30 p.m., with the F-35s slated for a 3 p.m. arrival.

"The Blue Angels will be visible in the skies over the local area prior to landing," according to the website.



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