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Capt. Abraham Morland flew a B-1B over Super Bowl LV in a first-of-its-kind tri-bomber flyover.
He flew over Raymond James Stadium with a B-2 stealth bomber and a B-52.
The flyover was four years in the making, and initial planning started nearly a year ago.
Super Bowl LV was dramatically different from previous Super Bowls, starting with the ambitious, technically precise bomber flyover that opened the game.
The smaller-than-usual crowd, capped at 22,000 because of COVID-19 restrictions, witnessed a dramatic years-in-the-making three-bomber flyover thanks to hours of planning and practice by Capt. Abraham Morland and his teammates.
Super Bowl flyover thrills crowd around stadium in Tampa
By FOX 13 News Staff
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Super Bowl LV flyover
The Air Force performed a first-of-its-kind trifecta flyover for Super Bowl LV, featuring a B-52 Stratofortress, a B-1B Lancer, and a B-2 Spirit – more commonly known as the ‘stealth’ bomber. Here s the view from inside and outside Raymond James Stadium.
TAMPA, Fla. - Super Bowl LV in Tampa got off to a roaring start Sunday thanks to a rare trifecta flyover by the U.S. Air Force.
Just as Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan finished the Star Spangled Banner, three of the Air Force’s front-line bombers – a B-52 Stratofortress, a B1-B Lancer, and the B-2 Spirit ‘stealth’ bomber – cruised over Raymond James Stadium to help kick off the big game.
Offensive power: Air Force s show of strength at the Super Bowl as B-52, B-1B and B-2 bombers fly over Raymond James Stadium
Capt. Sarah Kociuba led the flyover in the $1.157billion B-2 Spirit that took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri
The B-52 took off from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and the B-1 from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota
The tri-bomber flyover, the first of its kind, flew over Tampa just before kickoff
The B-2, developed by Northrop Grumman, is known for being nearly invisible to radar and the Air Force has 20 of them in its fleet