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.

A loud noise around Washington, D.C., on Sunday may have been a sonic boom from F-16s investigating an aircraft in a restricted area, a U.S. official said.

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.

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 ...

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.

No survivors in Va. plane crash after fighter jet response, sonic boom across DC area NORAD F-16s set off a sonic boom while responding to an unresponsive Cessna jet that entered D.C.’s ...

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 private jet that crashed outside D.C. two years ago was flying without sufficient emergency oxygen, federal investigators concluded. The pilot’s unresponsiveness prompted a sonic boom heard ...

We confirmed with the folks at Lockheed Martin that F-16 testing is going on in the area Wednesday.This happens often.Here is some previous reporting below: Sonic boom heard in parts of South ...

But "you probably could have heard a sonic boom,” Madison said. Discovery was traveling about 19,000 feet per second as it flew over Nebraska, she said. The speed of sound is 1,128 feet per ...