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04/12/2005 Entry: "Fighter Jets"

This afternoon, 'round two, as I was waiting for the tram out in front of my house, I heard a terrifying loud screech fill the air. I knew the sound and was not too terribly surprised to see two fighter jets overhead. They came in from the north northwest and made a beautiful lazy bank right heading south southwest.
They flew quite low, I would guess less than 200 meters--let's say 300 to play it safe. Low enough that I could see they had stuff stuck under the wings--either fuel tanks or weaponry. I could see that they were single fuselage, non-swingwing types, but no indication as to whom these two jets belonged.

I'm only mentioning this because in all my years in Dresden I have never ever seen or heard of a warplane flying over this city these days. I wonder who they were, where they were going and why. It better have been for a damn good reason, too. I hope I never see a warplane flying over my city again, and certainly not this city.