Military Flyover Planned For NYC As Part Of Salute To America

NEW YORK CITY – This year's Fourth of July celebrations will include a military flyover of several cities that played roles in the American Revolution as part of the 2020 Salute to America, the Department of Defense has announced.

The flyovers will begin in Boston and will proceed to New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore, where they will join with other Department of Defense and heritage aircraft in the Salute to America over Washington, D.C.

Roughly 1,700 service members will support the celebrations, according to a news release from the Department of Defense.

The exact timing of the flyovers has not yet been announced.

According to the Department of Defense, flying hours are a "sunk cost" for the department, and the aircraft and crews would be using the hours for proficiency and training at other locations if they were not doing the flyovers.