908th Airlift Wing to Conduct Flyover of DCH Tomorrow

The 908th Airlift Wing, Alabama’s only U.S. Air Force Reserve Wing, will conduct a flyover of DCH Regional Medical Center and Northport Medical Center in honor of healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response effort. Two C-130 Hercules transport planes will fly over tomorrow, May 12, between 11:40 and 11:50 a.m. See the route in the included photo.

“We wanted to show our support for all of the great Alabamians doing everything they can in this fight against COVID19,” explained Col. Craig Drescher, commander of the 908th Airlift Wing. We continue to hear all these amazing stories of people stepping up and going above and beyond their civic duty and we wanted to find a way to say thank you.”

The best way for the 908th to say thank you was to find a way to incorporate the thank you into already scheduled training missions.

“We have members from all over the state, so we wanted to find a way to say thank you to the state and not just our home base city of Montgomery,” said Drescher.

The two-plane formation will fly over the following cities in this order: Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Muscle Shoals, Florence, Decatur, Huntsville, Birmingham, Auburn, Troy, and Selma.

What is a C-130 Hercules? It is a huge transport plane. Take a look at the included photo courtesy of the 908th Airlift Wing.

Thank you to the 908th for doing this! #HercsOverAlabama #AirForceSalutes