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California Fighter Jet Flyover To Salute Frontline Workers

Four F-15C Eagle fighter jets will fly over medical facilities in the San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area and the northern tip of Southern California in honor of health care workers and first responders.

F-15C Eagles from the 144th Fighter Wing take off from Fresno Wednesday May 13, 2020 for a flyover salute to health care workers and first responders.
144th Fighter Wing

Editor's Note: The Southern California segment of the flyover was canceled for Wednesday, and the Air Force Thunderbirds are expected to be in SoCal on Friday.

Four fighter jets with the California Air National Guard will be part of a flyover Wednesday in a tribute to health care workers, first responders and others on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

The F-15C Eagle jets with the guard’s 144th Fighter Wing based in Fresno will take off at 10 a.m. The pilots will fly over medical facilities in the San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento, the Bay Area and parts of the Central Valley before returning to Fresno.

Originally, the flyover also included Southern California, but the schedule was altered, with a note that "the Thunderbirds will be in SoCal on Friday."

The flights include low passes at some locations, including the Capitol building, Governor's Office of Emergency Services and California Highway Patrol Academy.

Residents can watch from their homes. Here's where and when to expect the flyover. Times are subject to change. Scroll down below the map for detailed flyover locations.

10 a.m.: Takeoff from Fresno

10:05 a.m.: Reedley/Selma

10:11 a.m.: Madera

10:16 a.m.: Merced

10:31 a.m.: Sacramento

10:43: Richmond/Oakland

10:56 a.m.: San Jose

11:04 a.m.: Monterey

11:36 a.m.: Santa Barbara

11:48 a.m.: Bakersfield

12:03 p.m.: Fresno/Clovis

Fresno County Sheriff's Office 

Fresno Police Department 

Community Regional Medical Center 

VA Central California Health Care System 

Fresno City Fire Department Station 5 

Fresno City Fire Department Station 11 

Fresno City Fire Department Station 11 

Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center 

Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center 

Community Medical Providers Medical Group 

Valley Children's Hospital 

Clovis Community Medical Center 

Adventist Medical Center - Reedley 

Adventist Medical Center - Reedley 

Adventist Medical Center - Reedley 

Madera Community Hospital 

U.C. Merced Medical Facility 

Mercy Medical Center Merced 

California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services 

Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center 

California Highway Patrol Academy 

State Capitol 

Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center 

Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center 

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center 

O'Connor Hospital 

Regional Medical Center of San Jose 

Dominica Hospital 

Watsonville Community Hospital 

Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula 

Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula 

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