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<blockquote data-quote="Point-Illinois" data-source="post: 1963567" data-attributes="member: 747217"><p>For the Air Force, Scott would probably be the best base to stage from for maintenance support.</p><p></p><p>Willard would be okay for a mobility aircraft to stop at and shut down engines if they needed to or wanted to come to the game. I doubt fighter aircraft would though.</p><p></p><p>There is an ongoing list of flyover requests the AF has. Often the Air National Guard gets first whack at the list but active duty squadrons get some flyovers as well.</p><p></p><p>The flyovers themselves are usually treated as training. (Being over a certain point by a certain time is excellent time-over-target traning) Often times aircraft will also do local slow/visual routes (aka low-level routes) or beat up the traffic pattern at a nearby base.</p><p></p><p>In the end, the flyover is treated as just another way to maintain proficiency and happens to go over a stadium at a certain time. So it stays within the squadron’s operational budget.</p><p></p><p>Caveats: Air shows and acrobatic teams (Thunderbirds and Blue Angels) do this stuff as their main job, not just training missions.</p><p></p><p>I also am not privy to how the Army/Navy sets up their flyovers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Point-Illinois, post: 1963567, member: 747217"] For the Air Force, Scott would probably be the best base to stage from for maintenance support. Willard would be okay for a mobility aircraft to stop at and shut down engines if they needed to or wanted to come to the game. I doubt fighter aircraft would though. There is an ongoing list of flyover requests the AF has. Often the Air National Guard gets first whack at the list but active duty squadrons get some flyovers as well. The flyovers themselves are usually treated as training. (Being over a certain point by a certain time is excellent time-over-target traning) Often times aircraft will also do local slow/visual routes (aka low-level routes) or beat up the traffic pattern at a nearby base. In the end, the flyover is treated as just another way to maintain proficiency and happens to go over a stadium at a certain time. So it stays within the squadron’s operational budget. Caveats: Air shows and acrobatic teams (Thunderbirds and Blue Angels) do this stuff as their main job, not just training missions. I also am not privy to how the Army/Navy sets up their flyovers. [/QUOTE]
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