{"id":120188,"date":"2021-12-02T11:24:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120188"},"modified":"2021-12-02T11:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:24:04","slug":"army-and-faa-investigating-epic-flyover-at-tennessee-titans-game-last-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120188","title":{"rendered":"Army and FAA investigating epic flyover at Tennessee Titans game last month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/101st-Chinook-over-Nissan-Stadium-11.14.21.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-120189\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/101st-Chinook-over-Nissan-Stadium-11.14.21.jpeg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/101st-Chinook-over-Nissan-Stadium-11.14.21.jpeg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/101st-Chinook-over-Nissan-Stadium-11.14.21.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/101st-Chinook-over-Nissan-Stadium-11.14.21.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/101st-Chinook-over-Nissan-Stadium-11.14.21.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of the NFL&#8217;s &#8220;Salute to Service&#8221; events planned for the weekend after Veteran&#8217;s Day (game day in this case being 14 November 2021), the 101st Airborne Division had some helicopters fly from their home base Fort Campbell over Nissan Stadium in nearby Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The flyover was a smash hit, as the talented aviators flew seemingly <em>within<\/em> the open air stadium. Naturally, despite the crowd&#8217;s raucous approval (I swear I can hear the crowd cheering in the first-person view from inside the lead Apache, below), someone complained and now it&#8217;s under investigation. I&#8217;m sure whomever planned this and whichever O-6 signed off on the op plan for the day will just blame it all on the pilots.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the airmanship on display (and the crowd&#8217;s reaction);<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvrNs-kOVYo\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Land of the free and the home of the brave&#8221; indeed. Perfect timing. This is an example of excellent mission planning and execution. Here&#8217;s a different view;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLUVzNw10qE\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the in-flight shot from within the cockpit of the lead AH-64 Apache;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/101stAASLTDIV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@101stAASLTDIV<\/a> military flyover <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaluteToService?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaluteToService<\/a> ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aErsRxfR17\">pic.twitter.com\/aErsRxfR17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennessee Titans (@Titans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Titans\/status\/1460620011039567872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let the beatings commence to improve morale! God help any soldier on those birds if they weren&#8217;t fully vaxxed. Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for bringing this one in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the NFL&#8217;s &#8220;Salute to Service&#8221; events planned for the weekend after Veteran&#8217;s Day (game day in this case being 14 November 2021), the 101st Airborne Division had some helicopters fly from their home base Fort Campbell over Nissan Stadium in nearby Nashville. 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