SHEFFIELD-On Tuesday, May 12 two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 908th Airlift Wing, Alabama’s only U.S. Air Force Reserve Wing conducted a flyover above 10 cities throughout the state in order to honor the frontline heroes in the COVID19 pandemic response. The Quad Cities Daily was stationed at Helen Keller Hospital to watch the tribute.
“We wanted to show our support for all of the great Alabamians doing everything they can in this fight against COVID19,” We continue to hear all these amazing stories of people stepping up and going above and beyond their civic duty and we wanted to find a way to say thank you. We have members from all over the state, so we wanted to find a way to say thank you to the state and not just our home base city of Montgomery.” ~ Col. Craig Drescher, commander of the 908th Airlift Wing.
The two-ship formation flew over the following cities in this order; Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Muscle Shoals, Florence, Decatur, Huntsville, Birmingham, Auburn, Troy, and Selma.
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