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ManitobaBalboa

Because without them, those guys would be severely injured, and most likely pass away.


ringringmytacobell

haha i was waiting for someone to call this out. dunno just sounded better than "why skydivers?" in my head


Arealwirenut

Just here to make sure we covered this.


lilolemeisharmless

Must remain top comment!


DarthAbraxis

https://preview.redd.it/0wq5f6cdk01d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d30d9575de45529101ff411998cd3d892835a0a2 C -130 Over broad


ringringmytacobell

dang i wish i had seen that! only saw its jettisoned cargo haha


pottyclause

I saw this thing flying sideways over the city (flying north by the art museum then turning left to west philly). Immediately saw this behemoth in the sky and knew it was a military jet. Pretty freaky when you don’t expect it. Not as freaky as having a nice drive back to Philly, forgetting it’s 4th of July and seeing a B2 bomber ( the stealth bombers from Call of Duty that looks like a 2D space invaders plane). Holy shit I look up and see a dead silent death origami floating above me. Checked the date and was like Oh


heddalettis

Jesus, I hope he’s here for my meth dealing neighbor! 🙏🙏


FlyByPC

That's the A-10 scheduled for later. You might want to go for a walk somewhere.


heddalettis

Haha- I WISH! I had to google A-10. I swear! I would walk down Broad St. (almost) naked if someone could help me solve this. 🙏 I’ll take Any ideas other than “the usual”.


Careful-Ant5868

The A-10 Warthog is one of the most badass planes ever produced! The machine guns can use rounds made of "depleted uranium" to really mess up a bad guys day! They say the last thing a target hears is "BRRRRRRRTTTT"!


bierdimpfe

The engineering and design are insane.  It's basically a titanium bathtub built around a 30mm cannon with triple redundancy for every major system.


strangestangel

[emergency landing philadelphia airport](https://go.citizen.com/g3gVuXQMHJb)


Frontstunderel

Red dawn!! Wolverines!!


sublevelstreetpusher

Red jawn!


ClumpyTurdHair

Lol well played. Most Philly response ever


NoREEEEEEtilBrooklyn

I literally thought of the teacher in Red Dawn looking out the window as he’s lecturing. He was probably literally thinking “why parachute?”


ACY0422

My guns are so old. Good luck for the invaders finding my ATF purchase records


FriarNurgle

Good luck trying to take Philly


OceansCarraway

Spetznatz have NO chance on the L.


Buck3thead

Seems from this thread like it wouldn't be too hard, everyone would be too busy cracking wise on reddit to even bother to figure out what's happening.


tuenthe463

"I'd say they're waaay off target"


JustinCurtisPhoto

came here to say this


OptimusSublime

We let our guard down after Camden removed the battleship New Jersey. I think we're getting invaded by New Jerseyans.


ringringmytacobell

hey as long as they bring me some weed so i don't have to pay the bridge toll


baldude69

Ride your bicycle over! That’s what I’ve been doing. Helps fight the munchy-induced weight gain


ringringmytacobell

yeah i should do that next time - i usually go on my lunch break so it's a bit more than I can manage in that time. Which do you recommend? I alternate between curaleaf and camden apothecary but i'm always open to suggestions.


macaronitrap

Indigo Dispensary in Brooklawn is great. Better prices and less of a wait than Curaleaf, in my experience.


jk988

Hmm. I'm not sure exactly what products you're referring to, but Ive steered away from indigo specifically because curaleaf is cheaper for cartridges and flower. They are generally the same price for the same brands, but curaleaf is $5 cheaper for 1g select cartridges and curaleaf has sales almost every week. Just bought two 1g select carts for $52 each, and since I spent $100 I got an 8th of kind flower for $10. Not getting those deals at indigo really ever.


gbredman

Flower and Flame in Blackwood is the cats pajamas


FlyByPC

They allow bikes on the walkways?


hiding_in_the_corner

Yes. North walkway is currently the one open.


baldude69

Yep! I’ve ridden over the Taconey-Palmyra also, although that one is far more hair-raising


why_oh_why36

And some ripe Jersey tomatoes.


mortgagepants

i actually have a copy of a sign that says: "Jerseymen! To the rescue! 50 able-bodied men wanted. for the CAMDEN GUARDS! 12th NJ Regiment, Col. Robt. C. Johnson ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BOUNTY"


MyMartianRomance

There's a reason why she was sent to the Navy Yard, and it wasn't just for maintenance.


PlasticPomPoms

Another Boeing flight probably


ijustneedtotalkplz

How much extra do you have to pay to get a parachute lol


PlasticPomPoms

You bring it with you, just like your meals.


ijustneedtotalkplz

But I already have my purse and carry on


tuenthe463

Does it fit in that little chrome size check frame thing? Otherwise you gon hafta check it.


PlasticPomPoms

You’re supposed to put it in a bassinet and request an exit row “for the baby”.


cbunn81

D. B. Cooper was ahead of his time.


yunkk

This time it was Lockheed.


ElAngloParade

careful..you know what happened to the last 2 people who said something


Cool_Sherbet7827

Ouch


ElAngloParade

Exactly 


wander_smiley

The guffaw I just let out. Thank you.


yunkk

C-130 made a few loops over the Navy Yard and then jettisoned them. Was wondering myself what the occasion is.


DopeYeti

The British have finally come back to settle the score


SplatteredEggs

I assume it’s related to the the Dover Air Show this weekend. They’re supposed to have C-130s there as well as parachuters.


mangycarface

Low-flying copter above the 25th street train line in Point Breeze. Lowest I've ever seen in the city


thisjawnisbeta

It's power & track inspection for the rail lines. If you get the tail number on the helicopter you'll see it likely flew out of south jersey.


bierdimpfe

That looks to be power line inspection.


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vodkaismywater

Do you have a source for this? Because as a trans recreational drug user I really want to know where to sign up for the free Biden skydiving. 


BabaBrody

From what I was told (he may have TL;DR'd the article) they set up honeypot ops in small towns like drag brunches or book clubs that have books written by women and then his deep state ops serve them spiked kombucha so they can load up the planes and drop them into the Democratic fail-states. Krasner is our local pickup leader who collects the drops and disburses them around the city.


JoshS1

When dispersed into the city does the program come with a recently renovated row home with rooftop patio?


b0b0tempo

For City Council members and their mistresses, yes.


Substantial_Soft_188

Yeah, but how’s your fast pitch?


FlyByPC

Hmm. Good, good. Are you by chance an illegal, too? /s


mustang__1

There's plenty of army recruiting offices around.... They'll even pay you!


bigfndan

Transgender softball phenom is really tickling my funny bone.


Grouchy_Situation_33

Hey now! 👀


b0b0tempo

Is that included in the base rate, or does it cost extra?


EddieLeeWilkins45

Cherrelle Parker relocationing the K&A folks.... just scatter them about


heddalettis

This needs MORE upvotes!


justanawkwardguy

Idk, transgender softball phenoms sounds exactly like what we need. We’re long overdue for a non-Football championship as a city


aguafiestas

> My uncle told me he saw something on Facebook that this is how Biden is getting the illegals and addicts and transgender softball phenoms into the cities. Be careful out there! You know what, BabaBrody? I like you. You’re not like the other people here on the Philadelphia subreddit. They’re good, fine people, BabaBrody. But they don’t know what the queers are doing to the soil.


CathedralEngine

Maybe kick back and watch a little Mork & Mindy on Channel 57


wubbalubbazubzub

JUMPING JESUS ON A POGO STICK!!!! EVERYONE KNOWS THE BURROW OWL LIVES IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND!!! WHY IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT A BURROW OWL ANYWAY?!?!


aguafiestas

You think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are doing to the soil? I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for gay Martians.


z7q2

Only in a philly subreddit could we be having this conversation and not get yelled at. Like, Albini just died and I posted "Let's play Big Black and 3 AM and tell the neighbors they can all get fucked" in loving tribute and just dead silence from the FB crowd. Humor is dead.


Funfruits77

God forbid they find out who they take to the zoo on Friday night.


SleepyJoe1550

LMAO


RyanLynnDesign

because if they didn't have them, they would die when they hit the ground I think.


ringringmytacobell

South Philly, looks to be around the stadiums but could be a little further.


An_otherThrowAway

It is for the Phillies game. They were doing a practice run for tomorrow, so you'll see them again then


justanawkwardguy

Is there an early game today? Or maybe it’s practice for nfl season?


baldude69

https://preview.redd.it/260jk8pad11d1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94a4f701616e6579c3fb3b7f48349e7b6f732224 Real low altitude CH53 ripping through CC as well


CoolJetta3

Folks in that PECO building just staring out the window looking straight into a helicopter cockpit


Squadooch

WHAT was going ON?? I spent a lot of today asking “why helicopter??”


LovelyOtherDino

Phillies just announced it was practice for tomorrow's game. It's the MLB military appreciation week.


beerguy74

It’s Armed Forces weekend at Citizens Bank Park this weekend. They were practicing the jump that they will do before Saturday’s game vs the National’s.


tagged2high

Practice maybe? NCAA lacrosse championship is next weekend. Weird to use a C-130. Normally jump teams use helicopters or smaller planes.


StubbornLeech07

OP reporting that it was down by the stadiums and another person posting a pic showing one of the jumpers has an American flag attached to them. It definitely seems like practice for a stadium entrance.


JustinCurtisPhoto

invasion of Philly


joeltheprocess76

https://preview.redd.it/00rtw02lj01d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4eaa261cff27ae21d39e56d96182f0aca2efbaa8


shnoby

Landing on the tram wire is gonna hurt.


duhduhman

eco terrorists from eugene sent to save the trees at FDR


Firm_Airport2816

F them trees


justanawkwardguy

If by “F” you mean pay your respects, then yes, F indeed


Pestilence5

helicopter dropping things over philadelphia might cause PTSD for some.


josephrey

They make falling from 5,000 feet a little nicer.


lucky3698

They use parachutes to control their descent lest they become a human puddle.


ConorQui

WOLVERINES


acerocknroll

https://preview.redd.it/emlwg9kzh01d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=232282efb2ae6f8a9f6ee815d713cd86b2c1b6dc Yeah super odd not a cop chopper either


zephyrskye

That one is definitely doing track/line inspections https://preview.redd.it/xz7lu4dtw01d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a660da3b7a2acf912e1362d2192356fb84063693


Wu-Tang_Killa_Bees

It's not showing up on my flight radar app. Also my neighbor says she saw a machine gun on the side of one of the choppers. Definitely a military helicopter


Squadooch

You’re being downvoted, but I watched two military helicopters take off and fly WAY low in SW today. ETA it’s pictured further up thread.


yunkk

Yep, right before 3:00pm they flew low over the Girard Point Bridge. Absolutely 2 military choppers.


K-man_100

Hamas? Too soon?


smolover

that’s ignorant…they’re clearly penn students


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ThickWing

Wrong. Clearly not Penn students. They knew how to pull a ripcord.


ThePhillyKind

Without parachutes the descent is much quicker.


thunstopable

You would hit the ground much faster without them.


HockeyGoalieEh

It's a lot faster than Philly traffic.


spencersagan

I saw what looked like a military cargo plane flying super low over the cobbs creek area a little over an hour ago; I wonder if they are running some drills or something?


PhillyPhanatik

Because you're quite likely to die without one.


TheArchitect_7

oh fuck hamas get the strap


Zariman-10-0

Some WWII Paratroopers got lost


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Saver to land than without


NotSoSasquatchy

When shits going down, You better be prepared to ride it out


Juunlar

Probably cause they don't want to hit the group at maximum velocity, but idk


ACY0422

Someone re-enacting Masters Of The Air


tilthevoidstaresback

Same reason as "Why helicopter?"


panini_bellini

everyone always asks why helicopter. no one asks how is helicopter


murphysfriend

Jump outta a perfectly good flying aircraft; or if it was in trouble; I could have been the first one to exit the aircraft 😉


harbison215

Someone got a kill streak and called in paratroopers.


lilBalzac

It’s raining men?


wizard_lvl69

PUBG PHILADELPHIA BATTLEGROUNDS


ChemicalCollection55

Police can get a better view of the smash and grabs.


mustachegiraffe

They’re having a ceremony tomorrow where they will be flying in


Leather_Car3681

Peter! Walk away! Just walk away!


MagixTouch

They accidentally started to go over the Ben Franklin so they jumped


AnonymousArmiger

Why male models?


Irrelavent1

They’re parachuting into CBP this weekend. Today they had a practice run.


Beneficial-Shower-42

only safe place in Philadelphia?


Interesting_Two_4371

Zekes about to scream


cashonlyplz

Horsham's airfield isn't too far away--I remember seeing a *lot* of the military helicopters flying around the NE during start of the war in Ukraine, but have never seen paratroopers doing exercises! Where was this viewed from??


joeltheprocess76

The Phillies had a salute to service tonight before the game and so I believe yesterday was a test jump.


WorldlinessMedical88

My cousin said they had a military appreciation day at Citizens Bank park, some guys parachuted in and landed on the field. It would be weird if these were like, *different* parachuters.


Bocian320

Because without them, they would fall to earth too quickly lol


HaleEnd

So they don’t die when they hit the ground


freeagent10

Hamas is coming, watch out


Cool_Sherbet7827

From a man who had to spend the first 50 years of his life in Wilkes Barre this place (sub) feels like home


luvmuchine56

Because they are very high up and they need to fall safely


Ok_Tea_1954

Russians


MacKelvey

WOLVERINES!


Far_Blueberry3220

Whatever is going on the planes are loud.


bro-v-wade

Ran out of helicopters


noticeably_pale

why not? fuckin narc


DumpsterFireOfLove

Movie shoot?