Tribute Flight Rumor

[jsimmons619]

Received the following message from a friend and thought it was worth sharing:

Rumors are spreading that the Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels flight teams are collaborating on a joint flyover of the New York/Philadelphia region to honor medical workers serving on the front lines of the pandemic fight. Talk of a flyby comes as airshow enthusiasts are writing about possible plans for flyovers of major cities as part of a national morale-boosting campaign. A “draft bulletin,” which purports to be issued by the FAA describes 15 aircraft from the combined teams departing from McGuire and flying throughout the region. An Air Force spokeswoman declined comment, but said joint training exercises were taking place. “The US Air Force Thunderbirds arrived at NAS Pensacola on Monday to conduct joint training with the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron in preparation for possible future operations.”

[Davidv]

Well Trump did mention this would happen last night so may not be a pure rumor...

[Eight8Victor]

I was fishing for Reds in the flats off the Florida west coast two weekends ago and two fighter jets did a low pass over the open water. It really is a morale booster to hear and feel that display of power. Did a flyover of my home last evening in the Mooney and my wife didn't even mention it. (sigh)

[Davidv]

Same thing here, F-16s doing low passes over Biscayne Bay

[irishpilot]

It is not rumor. They have several flybys in the works. Both the Navy and AF will post the dates and places as things firm up. It helps when POTUS wants to see more flybys.

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[Skates97]

7 hours ago, philip_g said:

tbirds did a flyover in denver last week, so it's pretty likely they'll do others.

The Thunderbirds posted this on their twitter Monday, a great little clip of them doing the flyover mixed in with videos from people on the ground. There are a lot of other clips on Youtube but the little kid at the beginning of this one makes the whole thing. "What are you waiting for? Airplane to fly!"

https://twitter.com/AFThunderbirds/status/1252307224187322369?s=20