{"id":50993,"date":"2019-07-05T05:18:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T05:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/05\/watch-the-aircraft-that-flew-over-trumps-july-4-extravaganza\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:22:44","slug":"watch-the-aircraft-that-flew-over-trumps-july-4-extravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/07\/05\/watch-the-aircraft-that-flew-over-trumps-july-4-extravaganza\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the aircraft that flew over Trump\u2019s July 4 extravaganza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing in a steady drizzle and flanked by the nation\u2019s top military leaders, President Donald Trump turned the National Mall into an airshow Thursday evening as aircraft from all four services and the Coast Guard roared over the Lincoln Memorial in a loud, proud celebration of the birth of America 243 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump spent the first part of his \u201cSalute to America\u201d speech extolling the virtues of those who founded this nation, an event in history that would not have happened without military might.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe British had come to crush the Revolution in its infancy,\u201d said Trump. \u201cWashington\u2019s message to his troops laid bare the stakes. 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We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/the-americas\/2019\/07\/05\/see-the-military-platforms-at-the-july-4th-parade\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Trump_fourth_018.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">See the military platforms at the July 4th parade<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Check out the Independence Day parade in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 20 minutes later, Trump invited Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. 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And then the skies above began to roar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flyovers actually began before Trump arrived, with a VC-25, the Boeing jet that becomes \u201cAir Force One\u201d when a president is aboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the real homage to air power came after Trump summed up the history of five military services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First up was the Coast Guard, which provided two helicopters, an HH-60 Pave Hawk and an HH-65 Dolphin from Air Station Atlantic City and an AC-144 Ocean Sentry from Air Station Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, it was the Air Force, which sent two F-22 Raptor fighters from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia and a B-2 Spirit steal bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short while later, the Navy sent two F\/A-18F Super Hornets from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia and two F-35C Lightnings from Naval Air Station Lemoore in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fighter jets were followed by a Sikorsky VH-92 helicopter, soon to be the new Marine One that flies the president, along with two V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft from Quantico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was followed by a flight of four of the Army\u2019s AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, from an origination point the president did not mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the grand finale, as far as the air component of the event, came as six F\/A 18 Hornets from the Navy\u2019s Blue Angels demonstration team first flew over the Reflecting Pool to the Lincoln Memorial then a short while later, flew back the other way over the memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post estimated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/07\/05\/how-much-each-flyover-cost-during-trumps-fourth-july-event\/?utm_term=.85cb4d15cdbf\" target=\"_blank\">cost of the flyovers at more than $500,000<\/a> per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US Coast Guard flyover <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MilitaryTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MilitaryTimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKDbmx2Ap2\">pic.twitter.com\/KKDbmx2Ap2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 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