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Colorado National Guard Performing Flyovers On 4th Of July

July 4, 2021 / 10:35 AM MDT / CBS Colorado

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(CBS4) - The Colorado Air National Guard will join Independence Day observances and celebrations with F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flyovers on Sunday.

A Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Buckley Space Force Base, June 12, 2021, to participate in Exercise Amalgam Dart 21-1. Exercise Amalgam Dart will run from June 10-19, 2021, with operations ranging across the Arctic from the Beaufort Sea to Thule, Greenland. Amalgam Dart 21-01 provides NORAD the opportunity to hone continental defense skills as Canadian and U.S. forces operate together in the Artic. A bi-national Canadian and American command, NORAD employs a network of space-based, aerial and ground-based sensors, air-to-air refueling tankers, and fighter aircraft, controlled by a sophisticated command and control network to deter, deny and defeat aerospace threats that originate outside or within our borders. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Harvill)

The 140th Wing will launch the fighter jets from Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora around 10 a.m. and return around noon.

The approximate locations and times where the formation of fighters will perform flyovers are:

Lake City - 10:24 a.m.
Silverton - 10:27 a.m.
Telluride - 10:30 a.m.
Redstone -10:40 a.m.
New Castle - 10:44 a.m.
Eagle - 10:57 a.m.
Vail -11:01 a.m.
Grand Lake - 11:08 a.m.
Windsor - 11:21 a.m.
Westminster - 11:29 a.m.

All times and locations are approximate. Weather and visibility can impact the flyover schedule, or force it to be canceled.

"The flyovers showcase the investment in the readiness and modernization of our force," officials stated. "Flyovers are conducted at no additional cost to the taxpayer and serve as training for our pilots."