KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whiteman Air Force Base pilots will honor health-care and essential workers Tuesday with a flyover in Kansas City, Missouri.
The base said in a news release that a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from the 509th Bomb Wing accompanied by A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 442nd Fighter Wing and T-38 Talons with the 13th Bomb Squadron will fly over the following hospitals:
- CenterPoint Medical Center in Independence, 10:18 a.m.
- Children’s Mercy Hospital Adele Campus in Kansas City, Missouri, 10:21 a.m.
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas in Overland Park, 10:28 a.m.
- Lee’s Summit Medical Center, 10:31 a.m.
- St. Luke’s East Hospital in Lee's Summit, 10:36 a.m.
- Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, 10:39 a.m.
- St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City near the County Club Plaza, 10:39 a.m.
- Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg, 11 a.m.
- Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, 11:08 a.m.
Col. Jeffrey Schreiner, 509th Bomb Wing commander, said in the release that those at Whiteman Air Force Base have “deep gratitude” for the health care workers, essential employees and volunteers who are “confronting” the coronavirus pandemic.
“While defending the homeland has taken a new shape, we are proud to serve alongside those who serve in and out of uniform,” Schreiner said. “This flyover is our way of sending a heartfelt salute and ‘Thank You’ to all those on the frontlines in the fight against this virus. Without their dedication and hard work, we would not be able to execute our vital, strategic mission.”
The flyover also will be broadcast on Whiteman Air Force Base’s Facebook page.
People are discouraged from traveling to see the flyover and should try to watch from home.
The weather should be fine Tuesday for the event, but the plan is to perform the flyover at the same times and location on Wednesday "should weather or operational requirements change," according to a spokesperson for Whiteman Air Force Base.
