{"id":22767,"date":"2020-05-06T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64521"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:01:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:01:41","slug":"colorado-air-national-guard-to-fly-over-winter-park-at-508-p-m-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/colorado-air-national-guard-to-fly-over-winter-park-at-508-p-m-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Air National Guard to fly over Winter Park at 5:08 p.m. today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 120th Fighter Squadron taxi towards the runway during a practice alert scramble March 31 at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. The 120th squadron is scheduled to fly over Breckenridge on Wednesday, May 6, to ” to salute those fighting on the front lines of the war against COVID-19.” Senior Master Sgt.<\/strong>
John Rohrer \/ U.S. Air National Guard<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Members of the 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard will fly F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft over Winter Park at 5:08 p.m. today to \u201csalute those fighting on the front lines of the war against COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n

The flyover was announced in a news release<\/a> put out Monday by the Colorado Air National Guard. The jets will launch from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora at about 4:30 p.m. and fly over northeastern Colorado before heading west.<\/p>\n

The squadron is expected to be visible over Aspen at 5:58 p.m. and over Breckenridge at 5:04 p.m. before traveling on to Winter Park at 5:08 p.m. and Longmont, heading south to Pueblo and returning to base.<\/p>\n

The flyover is a part of a larger effort called Operation American Resolve, intended to boost morale amid the continued efforts against the novel coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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