Navy Will Perform Unprecedented 21-Fighter Flyover for Bush Funeral
By: Megan Eckstein
December 4, 2018 5:37 PM • Updated: December 4, 2018 11:07 PM
The Navy will honor former naval aviator and 41st president George H.W. Bush on Thursday with a largest-ever 21-aircraft missing man formation as part of his funeral services in Texas.
Thirty F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets departed Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., today ahead of the Dec. 6 interment ceremony at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas.
A naval aviation official told USNI News that a missing man formation of this size is unprecedented and reflects Bush’s legacy as a naval aviator and ongoing relationship with the Navy’s carrier strike group community.
https://news.usni.org/2018/12/04/navy-jets-depart-for-texas-ahead-of-unprecedented-21-aircraft-flyover-for-bush-funeral
