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Fri Oct 9, 2015, 09:05 AM Oct 2015

Pentagon flyover to feature World War II era aircraft

Pentagon flyover to feature World War II era aircraft

By Andrew Mollenbeck | @mollenbeckWTOP
October 9, 2015 12:36 am

The WWII era aircraft will launch from Culpeper Regional Airport and soar in formation down the Potomac River.

WASHINGTON — World War II era aircraft will soar above the Pentagon on Friday in honor of the nation’s veterans.

The Pentagon flyover is set for 12:30 p.m. ... The flyover will include 20 T-6 “Texans” and a B-25 Mitchell bomber.

They’re set to depart Culpeper Regional Airport and fly above the Potomac River. The route will take the planes over Manassas and Woodbridge in Virginia, Clinton and Oxon Hill in Maryland, Andrews Air Force Base, and then into the airspace above the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.

AirSupport LLC is putting on the flyover.
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