Let’s concentrate on the U.S. Navy jets that flew over the State Farm Stadium on the opening of Tremendous Bowl LVII.
On Feb. 12, 2023, 4 U.S. Navy jets, flown by all-female crews, carried out the standard flyover through the nationwide anthem on the opening of Tremendous Bowl LVII on the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
The plane performing the nationwide anthem flyover have been two F/A-18F Tremendous Hornets, #136 (s/n 166621) and #131 (s/n 166849), of Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 122 (VFA-122), the “Flying Eagles”; an F-35C Lightning II #403 (#169802) from U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 97 (VFA- 97), the “Warhawks”; and one EA- 18G Growler digital warfare plane #525, serial 166895, from Digital Assault Squadron 129 (VAQ-129), the “Vikings”.
An unbelievable view of the #SBLVII flyover. ✈️ pic.twitter.com/3ccUy8BD4w
— NFL (@NFL) February 12, 2023
The formation, flying as EXPERT 11 flight, took off from Luke Air Drive Base, situated 7 miles west of the central enterprise district of Glendale, and 15 miles west of Phoenix, at round 15.30 LT. Our pal Thomas “Taj” Backus was at Luke AFB and took the images yow will discover on this put up displaying the jets recovering after the flyover, at round 16.40LT.
As a facet observe, utilizing flight monitoring apps and web sites, some individuals seen {that a} KC-135 of the Arizona Nationwide Guard’s 161st Refueling Wing, radio callsign ADVCE20, was circling over Phoenix at FL230 on the time EXPERT flight was airborne. Nevertheless, the tanker was not supporting the flyover (because the 4 US Navy jets didn’t require air-to-air refueling) however the fighters imposing the two-mile TFR (Short-term Flight Restriction) across the stadium.
MULTI ADSBX MANOEUVRING ALERT : At time Mon Feb 13 03:41:57 2023 #ADVCE20 was prone to be manoeuvring at FL230 7nm from LUF Luke_TACAN_US
close to 9742, West Burns Drive, Solar Metropolis, Maricopa County, #AvGeek #ADSB https://t.co/a1Mbvc406u pic.twitter.com/7wYD4FOJTO— Radarspotters Assistant (@Radar_Assistant) February 13, 2023
David Cenciotti is a journalist primarily based in Rome, Italy. He’s the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of many world’s most well-known and skim army aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for main worldwide magazines, together with Air Forces Month-to-month, Fight Plane, and plenty of others, protecting aviation, protection, conflict, trade, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown a number of fight planes with totally different air forces. He’s a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Drive, a personal pilot and a graduate in Laptop Engineering. He has written 5 books and contributed to many extra ones.
