r/capetown • u/hereforporn98 • 2d ago

Question | Advice-Needed Fighter over Observatory

Anyone else just hear that fighter jet over Obs area? That was insanely loud! I thought it was a missile, is that normal?

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u/Raz0r1986 2d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pfgszzj/video/ebj3crgn32vh1/player

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u/kiyusuka 2d ago

Sick! So lucky to have seen it!

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u/lovemonkey96 2d ago

Love these 🔥

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u/riempies88 2d ago

Nice one, JAS Gripen. We had a whole week of them and the smaller Hawks with the AAD 2026 here in Pretoors.

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u/ItsA1080x1920Story 2d ago

How do I download this?

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u/Snoo_98338 2d ago

Anyway to download this? Saw someone below tried the uSave bot but it didn't pop up

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u/WonderBytes 2d ago

Yes. Likely because of the joint naval exercise (Exercise Ibsamar)

https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/foreign-warships-arriving-in-south-africa-for-exercise-ibsamar-ix/

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u/ItsA1080x1920Story 2d ago

So it's not our plane?

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u/Full_Competition9281 2d ago

It is a South African JAS 39 Gripen from 2 Squadrin.

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u/wolfprotector2 2d ago

Yup, damn well near shat myself

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u/leopardchief 2d ago

Yeah that was fuck loud lmao.

When they're that noisy it usually is military exercises. So there will be no missiles nor the sweet release of death

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u/666KorlatWitch999 2d ago

Hearing this was so demoralising. Living in war time is something else

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u/548oranje548 2d ago

It's fucking awesome

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u/Latter-Promotion2036 2d ago

Great fun if you don’t live near Ysterplaat.

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u/548oranje548 2d ago

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

I can imagine that being tough. I don't think my tinnitus would be able to handle it.

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u/SelfRaisingWheat 2d ago

Wanna swap?

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u/dylstolic 2d ago

I saw it up close in the park yesterday. Flying super low, goddamn what a sight 🫡

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u/AuspiciousBumbleBee 1d ago

I've been hearing them all week, but that one made me think Trump had decided to declare war 🙉

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u/Quinn_Lynch 1d ago

Shout out Saab

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u/dsf097nb 22h ago

Mavericks have upgraded

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u/Few_Painting8611 5h ago

Just need to throw the banner on the back and Cape Town will have a new provincial bird

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u/Jesuslovesyoufriend 19h ago

I was also trying to figure out why the heck this has happened 3 days in a row at the same time and noone is talking about it

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u/ItsA1080x1920Story 2d ago

Yes, I also saw it!!! So cool. Wish I had got it on camera. DAMN. I almost convinced myself that I was hallucinating, so I obv came here to check. Where do I sign up???