'Salute Long Island' Flyover Honors Front Line Heroes: WATCH

LONG ISLAND, NY — Residents across Long Island looked to brilliant blue skies Friday as they saluted front line heroes during a flyover by the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing.

The "Salute Long Island" flyover was a tribute to health care workers, first responders and essential employees, with an expanded flight path that includes a long list of local hospitals.

The flyover began Friday just after noon at the ANG base at Gabreski Airport.

"This gesture, from the men and women of your New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, is intended to salute everyone working hard in this fight against COVID-19," the update reads. "Wherever you are out there doing your part, this is for you."

Locations along the flyover path included:

- Stony Brook Southampton
- East Hampton Health Care
- Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital
- Peconic Bay Medical Center
- St. Charles Hospital
- John T Mather Memorial Hospital
- Stony Brook Medical Center
- St. Catherine of Siena Medical
- Northport VA Medical Center
- Huntington Hospital
- Syosset Hospital
- Plainview Hospital
- St. Joseph Hospital
- Nassau University Medical Center
- Glen Cove Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
- North Shore University Hospital
- NYU Winthrop Hospital
- Mercy Medical Center
- Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital
- Jones Beach
- South Oaks Hospital
-Good Samaritan Hospital
-Southside Hospital
- Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
- Long Island Community Hospital

The event featured three aircraft, an HC-130J Combat King II search-and-rescue airplane and two HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue helicopters.

The 106th asked that individuals not travel to see the flyover but, instead, enjoy the show from wherever they are.

Check the 106th Rescue Wing's Facebook page for photos and videos of the event.