California Air National Guard Doing More Flyovers Over Bay Area for Memorial Day

In honor of healthcare workers, the California Air National Guard is again going to be buzzing over the Bay Area — this time, though, they will be flying over San Francisco.

In a repeat performance following a previous flyover on May 13 that mostly buzzed past the East Bay, a different squadron of the Air National Guard is making a big circle around the Bay Area today, starting in Mountain View just after noon. Also, this flyover will feature just a single HC-130J Combat King II aircraft (pictured above) as opposed to a group of fighter jets — and its flight path schedule is tied to all the region's hospitals that it will make a point of flying over.

The aircraft is part of the 129th Rescue Wing, and the previous flyover was by the 144th Fighter Wing based in Fresno. There will also be a pair of HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters taking a different path that will not go directly over SF, but will circle over more of the South Bay.

The schedule has the HC-130J aircraft buzzing over San Francisco between 1:10 and 1:20 p.m. on Monday, first flying over Laguna Honda Hospital, then zig-zagging a bit to fly over most of the city and back over the Presidio and Alcatraz and north to Marin County by 1:30.

Previously: Military Planes From California Air National Guard Do Flyover Honoring Healthcare Workers

Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force