Salute to Heroes, Operation American Resolve, America Strong, or whatever is the latest Defense Department name for it, apparently massive flights of military aircraft flying over metro areas makes people feel more secure about fighting the “invisible enemy” of a Pandemic.
A KC-135 leads a pack of F-16s and F-35s on a Air Force Salutes flight over Arizona, 01MAY2020. At least 15 aircraft were involved.
Video from the cockpit of a F-35 of a KC-135 over Phoenix, Arizona, 01MAY2020:
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Chris Thornbury, 06MAY2020.
A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, flies over Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, 06MAY2020, Wichita, Kansas.
USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Nick Kibbey, 14MAY2020.
452nd Air Mobility Wing KC-135 over Riverside University Health System Medical Center, California, 14MAY2020.
Hawaii Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Alison Bruce-Maldonado, 14MAY2020.
Video, KC-135 flying over multiple hospitals through out the Hawaiian islands, 14MAY2020:
The crew of a Michigan Air National Guard 127th Wing KC-135 just before taking off for a Michigan Strong flyover, 13MAY2020.
Video, 108th Wing KC-135 with 177th Fighter Wing F-16s, Air Force Salutes flight over New Jersey, 12MAY2020:
KC-135R from the 914th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, in formation with F-35s from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard Base, 12MAY2020.
Ohio Air National Guard KC-135 flies with an F-16 during Operation American Resolve, 13MAY2020.
Tail boom of 134th Air Refueling Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, 12MAY2020.
Nebraska Air National Guard photo by Major Scott Ingalsbe, 13MAY2020.
Nebraska Air National Guard Stratotanker, 13MAY2020.
USAF photo by Second Lieutenant Christopher Thibeaux-Moore, 15MAY2020.
Pandemic fighting KC-135R Stratotanker gets airborne over Florida, 15MAY2020.
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