Three of the Navy fighter pilots who conducted a flyover during the laying to rest of former president George H.W. Bush spoke to ABC about the “missing man formation” and what performing that tribute meant to them.
"It is a very, very large steel ballet."
21 U.S. Navy fighter jets conducted a flyover in the "missing man formation" in honor of President George H.W. Bush. @ThisWeekABC spoke with 3 of the pilots who carried out the mission about what it meant for them https://t.co/tUDxGI0xNu pic.twitter.com/6U8E4bDc5Q
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 9, 2018
This was a unique operation, according to one of the pilots:
“In terms of a 21-plane flyover for a presidential salute, none of us had ever done that. The Navy had never done that either.”
How cool is that!
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