The Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angel demonstration teams roared through the skies over Baltimore, Washington and Atlanta today.

UNITED STATES - MAY 2: The Navy's Blue Angels, and the Air Force's Thunderbirds conduct a flyover of Washington, D.C., to honor essential workers and health care providers who are confronting the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

The joint effort from the Navy and the Air Force is part of multiple flyovers across the nation called America Strong — a “collaborative salute” to honor healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential workers as they combat COVID-19.

The flyovers took these routes.

It began in Baltimore shortly before noon.

And then over Washington.

And ended up over Atlanta.

Future destinations are unknown at this time.

A spokesperson for America Strong said no information was being released concerning future flyovers.

But for more information, check out the organization’s website.

Howard Altman is an award-winning editor and reporter who was previously the military reporter for the Tampa Bay Times and before that the Tampa Tribune, where he covered USCENTCOM, USSOCOM and SOF writ large among many other topics.

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