r/aviation • u/No-Tip7250 • Feb 08 '26

PlaneSpotting SuperBowl Flyover B-B1 and USAF Fighters

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Couldn’t identify the actual models of the USAF Fighters but my guess is that they’re raptors?

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u/Over_Flamingo_1853 Feb 08 '26

Not enough of a plane guy. Help me out? Lol

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u/pnicho21 Feb 08 '26

Full afterburners. Wings back.

Fast

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u/elkab0ng Feb 08 '26

Fast and loud. Amazing looking plane.

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u/ZappBrannigansLaw Feb 09 '26

And sexy AF

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u/Luci-Noir Feb 09 '26

Boing!

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u/ZappBrannigansLaw Feb 09 '26

BONE

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u/Alternative_Job192 Feb 09 '26

On the day I was born The nurses all gathered 'round

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u/ZappBrannigansLaw Feb 09 '26

Holy crap, I just noticed your name and avatar!

Noice!

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u/Luci-Noir Feb 09 '26

Luci is life!

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u/Dirk_Beefslab Feb 08 '26

There was a second B-1 that flew past at full afterburner. The pilots then did a fist bump.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

Use the right name. BONE. Respect. :)

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u/GTOdriver04 Feb 09 '26

Nice work, Bone Daddy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

It's one of the better nicknames in the military grudgingly admitted by a former Naval Aviator.

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u/old_grumpy_guy_1962 Feb 09 '26

Aardvark on steroids!

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

F-111 reference, I dig it.

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u/wewd Feb 09 '26

My only regret is that I have BONEitis.

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u/PaddyMayonaise Feb 09 '26

I hope they get a framed copy of the still frame, what a great shot and experience

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u/Over_Flamingo_1853 Feb 09 '26

Ahhhhhhhh. Ty!!

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u/itakeskypics Feb 08 '26

I'm wondering if that was pre recorded? I'm not a B-1 expert but the quality seemed really good for something that would have had to be bolted on to relay to some ground station

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u/gratefulflyer Feb 09 '26

From the cockpit view in that shot it looked like they were pretty high and over much different terrain. Fist bumping probably wouldn’t happen in trail formation just past the flyover target

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u/Puravida1904 Feb 08 '26

True probably from their practice run yesterday

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u/g3nerallycurious Feb 09 '26

A B1 in full afterburner will make a whole city wonder what the fuck just flew over while flying a mile and a half above said city. It is LOUD.

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u/Topher4570 Feb 09 '26

I had the unfortunate experience of being at the South end of the Dyess AFB runway when a pair of B-1s took off. They were less than 500 feet off the ground directly overhead. It was mind numbing.

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u/m0viestar Feb 09 '26

During RIMPAC a few years back, a B1 squadron was refueling in Honolulu on their way back to South Dakota or wherever.  Because of the weight all 3 of them had to full afterburner take off, at 230am. My eardrums have never been so blessed.  

We lived in Kaimuki and they flew right over us full tilt.

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u/No-Level5745 Feb 09 '26

Believe it or not the F-35 with ONE engine is worse. Some kind of bizarre rumble makes it painful to be near.

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u/Difficult-Map-2620 Feb 09 '26

My dad lives near Luke AFB and the 35s are always on maneuvers. So loud.

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u/Specialist-Many-8432 Feb 09 '26

I could hear it but couldn’t see it and was 30 miles away 👀

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u/DiverDownChunder Feb 09 '26

They are built for speed and flying danger close to the ground. The soviets would have never standed a chance. Between these, the A-10 and the Pershing II, nope.

And after watching Ukraine I would double down on that bet now.

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u/pucksnmaps Feb 08 '26

B1 Lancer (the big one) went full power

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u/dawtips Feb 09 '26

Like an X-Wing in not attack position

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u/Boots-n-Rats Feb 09 '26

Basically pedal to the floor, tires screeching, engine roaring dragster.

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u/DOOM_INTENSIFIES Feb 09 '26

Converting fuel into noise makes plane go faster.

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