VFR C172 pilot has a close encounter with a flight of three A10 thunderbolts between acy and miv.

Attributes
ACN	845504
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MIV.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 210 Flight Crew Type 210
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 100

Narrative:

Several grey A10's appeared to come out of nowhere; head on; & very fast. I had to avoid them not knowing how many there were. I believe I saw 3 A10's. I believe they came from acy controlled airspace and were probably on an IFR flight plan. This is a concern because many of us practice in this area. High speed military aircraft in the vicinity of an airport where there is a lot of GA activity should be against military policy. This just does not make sense. This was a troubling event for me considering I was VFR and looking for other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: VFR C172 Pilot has a close encounter with a flight of three A10 Thunderbolts between ACY and MIV.

Narrative: Several Grey A10's appeared to come out of nowhere; head on; & very fast. I had to avoid them not knowing how many there were. I believe I saw 3 A10's. I believe they came from ACY controlled airspace and were probably on an IFR flight Plan. This is a concern because many of us practice in this area. High speed military aircraft in the vicinity of an airport where there is a lot of GA activity should be against military policy. This just does not make sense. This was a troubling event for me considering I was VFR and looking for other aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.