About Those Helicopters Overhead in Alexandria Yesterday

posted on Sep. 17, 2016 at 4:42 pm

National POW/MIA Recognition Day with Helicopter flyover at the Pentagon — A flyover of Army UH-60 helicopters followed by a diamond of combat jets from the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps concludes the annual Pentagon observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 19, 2008. U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, the event’s keynote speaker, flanked Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, right, and Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, left, stand in the reviewing area. (Photo credit: DoD)

About mid-morning yesterday (September 16), my phone, Twitter, Facebook, and email started going off with reports of military helicopters hovering over and around Alexandria, Virginia on the banks of the Potomac.

Turns out, after many phone calls, it was a flyover of Army UH-60 helicopters followed by a diamond of combat jets from the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps part of the conclusion of the annual Pentagon observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day which was held yesterday, September 16, 2016.

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