AIBU to be somewhat spooked at the military helicopter activity in my area this evening?

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There is almost constant toing and froing of military aircraft overhead this evening. I'm getting the heebie jeebies because in my experience this activity has in the past heralded military actions in trouble spots around the world.
I'm thinking perhaps that we might be preparing for "something". I hope I'm wrong and just being a drama queen.

Try living in the north of Ireland... most nights above my street ffs!

London on friday and in York today

I haven't noticed any more than usual in York today.

I did read today that N.Korea had fired a missile over Japan's airspace.

Given the situation between N.Korea, China, Russia and the US at the moment, things could go off spectacularly overnight.....

Nothing here tonight and we've had a lot of helicopters lately.

I live quite close to a big hospital with a helicopter landing pad. For the last few nights there have been several helicopters coming and going. I'm pretty sure there's an exercise of some kind going on. Fairly wakes you up though when it sounds like they're landing on the roof of the house!

I'm in London we have them a lot.

I'm near a major military (non flying) base and it's as quiet as its ever been. No abnormal activity at all.

You can ping a map for army/airforce helicopter bases (unfortunately for defence). We have helicopters over here regularly.

Big clattering ones that shake your house are troop carrying Chinooks. The silent evil black ones that look like large black African hornets are the Apache attack ones but like large African hornets they tend to keep themselves to themselves. Then there are the beautiful Gazelles, Agusta and Puma and the air ambulances etc.

OP shouldn't say where she is because walls have ears etc etc but keep us informed. It could just be an exercise. Or indeed troop movements. Or night time practice for landing on our newest aircraft carrier since it seems it can't take the planes it was built for

Apparently there is a military exercise on UK wide for the next two weeks . And no I'm not giving secrets away , it's published on the MOD website .

I live near an RAAF base outside Sydney, and, touch wood, nothing yesterday or today (or tomorrow, I hope). I do hear a lot of stuff like engines warming up and planes helicopters warming up and taking off when it's bush fire season, or troops are being mobilised for relief work, overseas aid is being transported, etc.

In reference to above: I know I'm in Australia, but the same concerns re N Korea still apply.

Well, unless you're in the middle of nowhere it'll just be training, or it'll be the police helicopter.

Worry when it's daylight, and it's hot guns attached. ;)

Most likely they have upped training given current global tensions. These things usually gone to nothing. At any rate there is nothing that you can do about it don't work yourself up.

There have been black ones with yellow markings flying quite low close to our area in Sydney. I saw them yesterday whilst walking by a riverside park with my son. At some point it seemed to be circling us.

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That's interesting. I live reasonably close to Richmond Air Base - at least as the crow flies - and Glenbrook RAAF Base, although I'm not too sure if anything actually flies from there. Were you at Penrith or near Windsor when you saw the helicopters?

I live in the mountains so maybe they were flying away from me, towards Sydney and Richmond, and I didn't hear them. I know sometimes I get a terrific view of the helicopters when they're training, as I live on the top of a ridge looking towards Sydney and Richmond, and I get a bird's eye view when they fly past a couple of hundred metres away - or at least it seems and sounds like that.

My mum is in rural Devon and sometimes gets very fast military aircraft flying past. Well we assume theybare military as by the time youve hard them theyve gone. FOUR times yesterday and often its just one every few weeks.

Thiught nothing off it until I read this now feeling rather uncomfortable

Oh my goodness there were so many large helicopters/Chinooks flying low over us! Woke the baby multiple times
Also heard lots of gunfire (we live near a military base)
I've never heard so many helicopters it really made me cross they were practising during the night.... But now perhaps I realise it could be ramping up to something then?

www.gov.uk/government/publications/military-low-flying-mod-sponsored-air-exercises

Planned excerise announced in July.

Lilly green of course they practice during the night...war isn't 9_5
And as unfortunate as it is..living nesr a military base will.result in having to.put up with training manoeuvres etc

It's a rare day we don't have the buggers buzzing round.

But really, what can a helicopter do if Kim decides to fire his missiles?

Loads of airshows on at the moment and aircraft of various sorts moving around for that. Ours starts tomorrow - bloody Chinook came over really low last night just as DS was finally dropping off. Grr.

I live 5 miles from a Scottish raf base and there was a lot of planes going somewhere last night.

But really, what can a helicopter do if Kim decides to fire his missiles?

shoot it down before it goes off

We were camping early in the summer holidays, planes were flying over all night despite the nearest airfield being one that doesn't traditionally do night flights.

We are close to airbases- both UK and US, nothing unusual here.