Did you see it? Fresno fighter jets perform flyover salute to healthcare, frontline workers

Thousands of central San Joaquin Valley residents took time out of their morning Wednesday to cheer on four F-15C fighter jets whose pilots made low passes over the region.

The jets performed the flyover to honor healthcare workers, first responders and those working on the frontlines in the fight against the coronavirus.

People gathered outside hospitals, fire stations, sheriff’s offices and police departments to watch the jets fly in formation. The jets performing the flyover were with the 144th Fighter Wing and took off from California Air National Guard Base, Fresno.

Their roughly two-hour flight took them east out of Fresno then north up the Central Valley to Sacramento, west to the Bay Area, south down the coast to Santa Barbara and then back to Fresno where the jets performed several local flyovers.

The jets were part of a nationwide salute coordinated by the Air Force.