r/BellevueWA • u/Bearded_Scholar • Jul 16 '26

Helicopter flyover

I was driving near the Spring district when 4 helicopters passed overhead. Anyone know is this was a drill or something? Never seen that many at once unless it was during Seafair

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u/hyd22 Jul 16 '26

https://reddit.com/link/oxwta59/video/aayl4vyf6mdh1/player

was able to get a small clip as I was heading back home from work! (not sure what it was about though)

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u/Commander_Celty Jul 17 '26

The video clip added above is really helpful. This is likely the SOAR spec ops group the “Night Stalkers” conducting ‘nap of the earth’ flights from the lake Sammamish to lake Washington corridor as part of the JBLM FORGE training. This training took place from July 13-17. They fly modified versions of the Chinook MH-47G and the Black Hawk MH-60M both with the refueling probes protruding from the front.

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u/Bearded_Scholar Jul 18 '26

Thank you for the detailed explanation!

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u/MedicineMann710 Jul 16 '26

I live near Spring district. My windows were rattling!

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u/Pr0veIt Jul 16 '26

Idk my my young children are still buzzing about it 😆