Super Bowl LV in Tampa is off to a roaring start thanks to a rare trifecta flyover by the U.S. Air Force.

Just as Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan finished the Star Spangled Banner, three of the Air Force’s front-line bombers – a B-52 Stratofortress, a B1-B Lancer, and the B-2 Spirit ‘stealth’ bomber – cruised over Raymond James Stadium to help kick off the big game.

The large planes lumbered through the air at about 1,000 feet with a roar that was audible for miles around the stadium.

Each plane flew in from its own base – the B-52 from Minot AFB in North Dakota, the B-1B from Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota, and the B-2 from Whiteman AFB in Missouri – then met in formation in restricted airspace before the flyover.

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