Sunday, February 7, 2016

U.S. Air Force F-15s Ready To Defend Super Bowl Airspace



Scout.com: Armed Air Force Fighter Jets Will Patrol Skies Above Super Bowl

The Air Force jets will be protecting the game and enforcing an FAA established temporary flight restriction zone.

Armed Air Force fighter jets will be protecting Sunday's Super Bowl game from the skies above, working to ensure an FAA-established Temporary Flight Restriction for the area is upheld, service officials told Scout Warrior.

"They will go up and bastically patrol the skies to make sure there are no violators of the TFR (temporary flight restriction)," Maj. Katrina Andrews, Chief of Public Affairs for the 1st Air Force, Air Forces Northern, Tyndall AFB.

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Update #1: Super Bowl 50: US to deploy war planes over Carolina Panthers v Denver Broncos game at Levi's Stadium -- The Independent
Update #2: Super Bowl 50: F-15s to patrol skies after Blue Angels flyover -- Air Force Times

WNU Editor: These has been no official announcement, but I am willing to hazard a guess that these jets will also be armed.

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