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WICKEN-BOOM ARIZONA WICKENBURG, AZ: Many home owners in the Wickenburg area have had there home alarms go off, due to the boom of high speed aircraft flying north of town. The glass sensor portion of the alarm can be set off by the shock wave created noise of an aircraft flying at 750 miles per hour or faster.
The Base is named for the World War 1 flying ace Lt. Frank Luke Jr.. He was the first aviator to receive the Medal of Honor. Lt. Luke scored 18 aerial victories, 14 against German observation balloon before being killed in action at the age of 21.
The base has the stewardship of the 1.7
million acre Barry M. Goldwater Range for their pilots to practice
different missions.
What is a sonic boom?
What causes a sonic boom? As an object moves through the air, it creates a series of
pressure waves in front of it and behind it, similar to the bow and
stern waves created by a boat. These waves travel at the speed of sound,
and as the speed of the aircraft increases the waves are forced together
or 'compressed' because they cannot "get out of the way" of each other,
eventually merging into a single shock wave at the speed of sound. This
critical speed is known as Mach 1 and is approximately 1,225 kilometers
per hour (761 mph) at sea level. Thus you have a BOOM and your alarm can
go off. SUBSONIC SPEED MACH ONE SUPERSONIC SPEED Situation depending on the speed of the aircraft Luke trains the world's greatest F-16 fighter pilots and ground crew. They also deploy mission-ready warfighters. They do a GREAT JOB! I nformation from Wikipedia online.
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Training
is the name of the game at Luke Air Force Base. Located west of Phoenix.
Luke Air Force Base is home to the 56th Fighter Wing. It is the largest
fighter wing in the world with more than 188 aircraft, 27 squadrons,
6,500 military and civilian personnel.
The
term Sonic boom is commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the
