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Top this for a speeding ticket!!!

CHP vs. USMC
Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar . One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill.

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then turned off.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.

Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the USMC Base Commander.

The reply came back in true USMC style:

Thank you for your letter. We can now complete the file on this incident.

You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down.

Furthermore, an Air-to-Ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your equipment location.

Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position.

The pilot also suggests you cover your mouths when cussing at them, since the video systems on these jets are very high tech. Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar. It appears the filling is loose. Also, the snap is broken on his holster.

Thank you for your concern. Semper Fi.

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Priceless!!!

LMAO

Great story LMAO

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That said, I've gotta call BS on this one Wink

Dad was CHP for 31 years and I grew up in Poway, just north of Miramar so I'm more than a little familiar with the area. The area surrounding MCAS Miramar in every direction is pretty heavily populated these days and I can assure you that the only high-speed, low-level flights around there are done by the Blue Angels. There are no freeways around there with rises like this that are anywhere but in populated areas which means no low-level "Maverick" flying.

Still LMAO

though

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Funny but I'm also calling BS.

Its obviously a joke guys Smile

Roll with it.

Yeah - the reply had correct spelling, and the grammer wasn't too bad...

I call fake as well.

Cylon

Its an urban legend;

Same story floats around about an RAF Tornado low level in Scotland.

Andy

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp

I knew it was a joke without going to snopes, just a good story for those who need a good chuckle now and then.

Even though this story is fictional, I have heard of fighters doing low levels over rural stretches of highway. Meanwhile Sherriff Buford T. Justice, Smokey Bear hat and all, is out there running his radar gun, in order to pull over speeders. Fighter passes over the police radar check point at Ludicrous Speed, and causes the radar to go ape$hit.

We about blew the roof off of a car in the middle of a Nellis range during my ride Smile

Well we did better in Oman, the Jaguar was not low flying the car was at the top of the hill !!!

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Top this for a speeding ticket - CHP vs. USMC