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The Louisiana National Guard will be performing more hospital flyovers Wednesay honoring first responders and frontline healthcare workers. Louisiana’s Army aviation commander Col. John Plunkett says two teams of four Black Hawk helicopters will lift off around 11 am, one from Hammond, the other from Pineville.
“They are going to be in a modified V formation for that flyover. There’s going to be one lead aircraft, two on one side, one on the other, so it’ll be very easily seen,” said Plunkett.
Several months ago, flyovers were performed, but they didn’t hit every hospital in the state. Plunkett says the routing of these flights should hit Slidell, Hammond, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Shreveport and Monroe.
“Even though we might not be hitting every hospital, we’re going over the major metropolitan areas. Especially with the four Black Hawks at the altitude we’re doing, they will see us,” said Plunkett.
Plunkett says the fight with COVID-19 is going to be a long event to endure and compares what healthcare workers are going through to that of an overseas deployment.
“Continued support is what makes the difference and what we are trying to do is show that continued support because we know this is not going to be a short term sacrifice,” said Plunkett.
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