Imagine that. He can be reached at [email protected] or throughLiberty Sentinel Media. Wendy L. Snyder, U.S. Defense Press Officer for policy, told The New American in an e-mail at the time. Iran airs video of commandos seizing oil tanker bound for Texas, How the Iran-Saudi diplomatic breakthrough could impact the Mideast, Executions surge in Iran in bid to "spread fear," rights groups say, China scores new diplomatic victory as Iran, Saudis push reconciliation, Several more attacks on U.S. bases in Syria after strikes on Iran-linked group, toughened sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guards. For now, however, the real reason for all of the urban warfare training remains uncertain. Why Is a Helicopter Circling My Area? How To Find Out? US Army: Helicopters crashed in mountains, fair weather, In this photo released by the U.S. Army, AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, fly over a mountain range near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on June 3, 2019. Houston officials warn of massive police, first responder training exercises through Feb. 12. I felt like I was in a warzone. Why Are Military Helicopters Flying Over My House? They were probably going about 200mph+ at low altitude and at times flying in 4-5 group formations. I heard the machine gun fire and then I hit the deck, said Josh Epperson, an artist who was visiting Miami and captured video footage of black military helicopters flying over the freeway firing blanks out of machine guns. The twin-engine Bell 412 helicopter will fly in a grid pattern over the areas at 150 feet or higher at a speed of approximately 80 miles per hour. Heart of America Wing Hangar Dance . Posting in a Facebook group, Anthony Slack took a video of the . The helicopters are used to conduct suspect searches, as well. "The working hypothesis at the moment is that it could either be an arbitrary detention of a vessel by Iran in response to the U.S. sailing its first unmanned vessel through the region last week - as a show of force," he said. "The safety and welfare of our valued crew members is our No. Recorded on cellphone video, the chopper. 1 priority," the firm said. It's going 4.6 miles per second. Two of the crashes involved Black Hawk helicopters; the third crash and the rollover involved Apache helicopters. SkyEye caught up with the choppers as they were patrolling the area. The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear . Neither is open to the public. The taking of the Turkish-managed, Chinese-owned Advantage Sweet represents the latest seizure by Iran amid tensions with the U.S. over Tehran's advancing nuclear program. The helicopters were from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright, based near Fairbanks. Copyright 2017 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved. It's fairly common to see AH-64D Apaches (an Army attack helicopter), MH-65 Dolphins (Coast Guard helicopters), and F-16C/D Falcons (fighter jet) flying around Houston, especially the south side. Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved. The CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow is an IRC 501(c)(3). First Republic Bank seized by regulators, then sold to JPMorgan Chase, Reward offered as manhunt for Texas shooting suspect reaches "dead end", Louisiana's health care deserts put women, babies at risk, doctors say, Second convoy of U.S. citizens fleeing Khartoum arrives at Port Sudan, ISIS chief killed by Turkey's intelligence agency, Erdogan says, How a tall Texan became an unlikely Australian rules football star, General Mills issues Gold Medal flour recall over salmonella concerns, Investors sue Adidas over Kanye West Yeezy deal, Shaquil Barrett's 2-year-old daughter dies in drowning accident, Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen diplomatic missions.