Love seeing my healthcare alternative get some appreciation 🤣
Fun fact: these flights are actually multifaceted strategic operations, not just a purpose done publicly stunt.
Aircraft, like any other vehicle, needs to be operated routinely. If vehicles sit, fuel rots, lubricants settle and seals dry out. Regular flights keep the vehicles operational.
Pilots need flight hours to stay current. Like anything humans do, if you don’t keep up the skills, they start slipping. Pilots need to keep their flight hours up (true in commercial aviation and the military).
Additionally, on top of just logging flight hours, the flights are mission focused. Common missions involve landmark navigation, mission target arrival timing accuracy, and almost certainly targeting exercises.
First time experiencing this flyover Americans do before big sporting events and I have to say it goes kinda hard