How Air Force pilots time the Super Bowl flyover so perfectly
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 Published On Feb 4, 2021

The B-1B sits sleek and lethal on the flight line at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, ready for its Super Bowl flyover mission this weekend.

The bomber will meet up over the Gulf of Mexico with two others, a B-52 and a B-2 stealth bomber, prior to the flyover, and then fly at 1,000 feet at 300 mph to arrive over Raymond James Stadium on the last note of the Star Spangled Banner.

"That type of precise timing is what we practice every single time. That’s our job," explained Maj. Anthony Mascaro, who has flown both the B-52 and the B-2.

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