A lot of these "routine" training operations really are little more than just routine training ops. The pilots really do have to be certified, and there is a need to train. No conspiracy here at all. The only part I would raise eyebrows over is when it becomes a nationwide training operation, as was indicated. That's something to consider. Still, we do live in a militarized police state already. The stuff that gets my blood boiling is when they do these mock terror response drills in public and incorporate local police and emergency personnel, even schools and local volunteers to be the dissenting crowd. Also, when they march through town in combat attire and weapons and get the community to allow them to conduct mock searches. All have been done before. I remember Alex Jones covering an operation out west when they raided a building (police station as I recall) with black helicopters. Operation Urban Warrior I believe was also a big operation back in the early 90's. Again, most, if not all of this is standard training for urban warfare --something we have seen plenty of in the Middle East. Of course, we also had Waco and numerous raids soon following to recount what can be done on our own soil... The question then becomes, will these same troops and their training ever come into play when and if they are ordered to attack locations domestically on a massive scale? Nobody can say for certain that they won't, but tempers flare when the question even comes up.
I sometimes wonder how many foreign troops are taking part? I know for a fact that there are thousands in the U.S. much of the time, training like normal.
