Also flying some of the roughly 500 sorties planned will be three KC-135 Stratotankers from the Milwaukee-based 128th Air Refueling Wing, 16 F-16 Fighting Falcons from Truax and bases in South Dakota and Minnesota, five T-38 Talon training jets, and three EA-18 Growlers, which specialize in jamming electronic signals. Severe thunderstorms swept across Minnesota on Friday night, knocking down trees and causing power outages.Xcel Energy said the storms caused power outages for about 125,000… A former Minneapolis police officer involved in George Floyd's arrest told investigators that he was focused on crowd control and minimized his role in the… Minneapolis residents view Mayor Jacob Frey more favorably than the City Council, but a larger share trust the council to make decisions about the police department, according to a Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll. F-16s were buzzing the Twin Cities in a routine military training exercise. 8 minutes ago Sacramento area residents may notice fighter jets at low altitude Thursday morning as air defense exercises are conducted over a wide swath of California. Don’t worry, they’re probably just FBI spy planes.The agency stressed that the planes were part of ongoing investigations, rather than mass surveillance operations. https://cna.asia/2XI44K0 (Photo: Hanidah Amin) Jets flying overhead, military assets trundling by and a big thank you to frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19 as part of # NDP2020 celebrations. Those fighter jets buzzing around town Tuesday afternoon in a high-elevation game of cat and mouse were part of a roughly three-hour military exercise. The Details confirmed by the FBI track closely with published reports since at least 2003 that a government surveillance program might be behind suspicious-looking planes slowly circling neighborhoods… one of the planes, photographed in flight last week by the AP in northern Virginia, bristled with unusual antennas under its fuselage and a camera on its left side.The planes can capture video of unrelated criminal activity on the ground that could be handed over for prosecutions… Some of the aircraft can also be equipped with technology that can identify thousands of people below through the cellphones they carry, even if they're not making a call or in public.NG Research was linked to one of the planes seen circling above Baltimore last month, and which the The planes used are mostly Cessna 182T Skylanes.

On a calm, comfortable weekend, cleanup underway in many areas. It U-turned heading north as it seemed to be pursuing another plane." FBI spokesman Christopher Allen told the AP in a statement that the spy planes are old news: “The FBI’s aviation program is not secret… specific aircraft and their capabilities are protected for operation security purposes.” But, the AP says, the particulars of these missions are under wraps.Over the past decade here have been at least 115 planes—and they look alarming. "Also involved were the Air Force's C-21 cargo and passenger aircraft and Cessnas in the Civil Air Patrol.These exercises have been conducted since the start of Operation Noble Eagle in response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Notice any planes circling above your neighborhood lately? About 5,255 turbofan regional aircraft will be delivered, worth more than $242.3 billion; 28,718 single-aisle jet aircraft will be delivered, worth $2.83 trillion; 9,040 double-aisle jet aircraft will be delivered, worth about $2.72 trillion. 40 minutes ago Jonathan Anderson, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 2:47 p.m. CT Jan. 23, 2017 | Updated 6:09 p.m. CT Jan. 23, 2017 F-16 Fighting Falcon military jets (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) City residents overwhelmingly support redirecting some police funding to social service programs, but fewer than half of support reducing the size of the police department, a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 poll found. No, a sequel to "Top Gun" was not being filmed in the skies over the Twin Cities.Those fighter jets buzzing around town Tuesday afternoon in a high-elevation game of cat and mouse were part of a roughly three-hour military exercise.The F-16 aircraft were flying under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, more commonly known as NORAD.These aircraft "routinely conduct training exercises of this nature throughout the country to hone their intercept and identification skills," said Thomas Saunders, a spokesman for Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.Saunders said he was getting the word out about the exercises "to alleviate any concern ... when you look up and see a fighter jet chasing another plane.