Four F-18 fighter jets rumbled over Lower Bucks County, including direct passes over Newtown, Monday evening.
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The jets were spotted by a reader at Tyler State Park in Newtown Township around 7:15 p.m. and continued circling overhead until a few minutes after 8 p.m.
A military spokesperson was not immediately available.
The jets flew over Philadelphia, Montgomery County, and Bucks County.
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Philadelphia is hosting the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby at Citizens Bank Park Monday and the MLB All-Star Game Tuesday. One or both of the events often feature a military flyover.
Public flight data showed the planes were between 3,000 and 4,000 feet above the area as they passed by.
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Lower Bucks County is no stranger to military air traffic, but fighter jets doing loops are not seen as often.
While there are several variants of the F-18, the first ones entered service in 1983 with the U.S. Marine Corps and with the U.S. Navy a year later.
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