I was about to edit the above post when I thought "WWDDD" and I realized that editing would waste a perfectly good 'nother post!
In Smithfield, we can occasionally hear the planes taking off at Seymore Johnson AF Base in Goldsboro (25 miles away) and on rare occasion hear the artillery from Ft. Bragg near Fayettenam, er, Fayetteville (45 miles away),
"My" golf course is regularly used as bombing practice by the F-15's out of SJAFB. Sort of cool as long as they don't drop real bombs!