Joe Broady
Airman 1st Class
- 104
- May 30, 2019
USAF public affairs piece on the three-bomber Super Bowl flyover. Planning began in March 2020 and was complex, since three different bases and three different bomb wings were involved. There was also coordination for tanker support from MacDill AFB. And each bomber had a designated spare to avoid the embarrassment of a missing man formation. I would like to have heard the radio traffic from the ground controller who vectored them in. It must be a tough job, as the precise timing of the national anthem is not under the guy's control. I've seen a few Indy 500 flyovers that missed the mark. A few years ago a B-52 (?) came over as the singer was on "bombs bursting in air". Ouch.
Super Bowl LV flyover
Super Bowl LV flyover