Sonic booms are still heard in the U.S. from the nation's military aircraft. In 2021, a sonic boom from F-15 fighter jets caused widespread concern that there was an earthquake on the Oregon coast.

D.C. Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate what ...

We have confirmed that the loud boom heard in Bowie was a sonic boom from a plane out of Joint Base Andrews. — Bowie Maryland (@CityofBowie) June 4, 2023 This content is imported from Twitter.

Sonic boom in DC: Plane that crashed lost contact with air traffic control just after takeoff. Victims named as Adina Azarian, 49, her two-year-old daughter Aria, pilot Jeff Hefner, and nanny ...

Sonic boom ‘explosion’ shakes Washington DC as fighter jets react to unresponsive plane before crash ‘Loud boom’ heard as far away as Annapolis, Maryland after fighter jets scrambled to ...

A sonic boom from military jets racing toward a private aircraft that had crossed into restricted airspace startled hundreds in the Washington, DC area who heard the explosive sound on Sunday.

Officials are calling the loud noise heard all across the DMV a "sonic boom" caused by a military planes traveling at high speeds to intercept an unresponsive plane. ... (@DC_HSEMA) June 4, 2023.

A loud noise similar to an explosion heard in the Washington, D.C., metroplex area was the sonic boom of military aircraft scrambling to catch up to a Cessna aircraft with an unresponsive pilot ...

Sonic boom from military aircraft was heard and felt over D.C., Maryland and Virginia About 3:09 p.m. Sunday, 911 centers began getting inundated by reports of a loud explosion.

Sonic boom in DC followed a family’s visit to NC that turned into a tragic plane crash By Danielle Battaglia. ... adding that it caused the boom heard around the D.C. area.

A sonic boom is caused by an object moving faster than sound, or about 750 miles per hour at sea level. Rafael Olivieri, 62, said he was at home in Annandale, Va., when he heard a “loud, very ...