I took my dog outside to do his business and I got distracted by a star that was too bright

I took my dog out and it's only 8 at night and I saw a star that was too bright. I think north star but was East in the sky. Then it starts moving. Not an airplane it's going left right up and down. I live near a military base. Next thing is fighter jets are flying over. That's not normal I've lived here 20 years they land over our house it's the only time the launch over me. And it's f16 locked and loaded so close to me I read the words they painted on the plane. As the went towards the light it went up in the sky and faded away and disappeared couple minutes later the fighting jets returned