US fighter jets scrambled at supersonic speed to intercept an unresponsive plane as it flew over Washington DC on Sunday. The F-16 jets caused a loud sonic boom that was heard around the region ...

BOOM! What was the earth-shaking, jolt-you-awake, set-off-the-car-alarm sound? Oh right, a rocket launch. But why are some rocket launches accompanied by sonic booms and others aren’t?

they see it in Oxnard," People in parts of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties are likely to hear the sonic boom louder than people living closer to the launch. "When it gets higher where the air ...