Just after I had descended back to the road, I happened to hear a very peculiar and easily identified sound. I moved immediately over to the edge of the road, next to the drop into Big Indian Gorge, and got my camera ready. Just then two F-15 jets came screaming over the ridge from the north.
They dropped into Big Indian Gorge, clearly pulling a few Gs as the control surfaces created vapor trails in the damp air.
They raced up to the headwall, barrel-rolled over the summit and were gone. They were moving quickly. From first hearing them to their disappearance into the Alvord Desert was perhaps 15-20 seconds.
