An 18-plane formation of warbirds will fly over the Inland Empire and Orange and L.A. counties on Memorial Day, honoring veterans and medical workers.
An 18-plane formation of historic warbirds will fly the skies above the Inland Empire and Orange and Los Angeles counties on Memorial Day, saluting “veterans who gave so much,” as well as healthcare workers taking risks daily amid the coronavirus outbreak.
“We came up with the idea after seeing the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels making the rounds,” said Bill Prosser, operations manager for the“We’re going to be a lot slower than the T-Birds and Angels, so people can see us better. It’s not like, ‘Boom — they’re gone.’ We’ll be doing 120 mph.” The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have crossed the nation, making high-speed, low-pass appearances as part of “Operation America Strong,” a campaign intended to boost morale during the pandemic. The Thunderbirds were in the L.A. area last week., reached out to organizations statewide to solicit support for what was dubbed “Memorial Day: Operation Social Strong,” and the response was immediate.
“We’ve got no sponsors, just partners,” he said. “We reached out to them, and they said, ‘Heck, yeah, let’s do this!’”
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