Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Fighter Jets Flying Over Salem Postponed until Thursday

From: Robert K McCarthy
Councillor Ward One

MEMA has notified the City of Salem that tomorrow, Wednesday, five F-15 fighter jets from Barnes Air National Guard Base will fly over areas of eastern and southeastern Massachusetts at low altitudes (between 1000’ and 5000’) as part of a pre-planned media event.  They are currently scheduled to fly over Salem at an altitude of approximately 1000' between 8:10am and 8:15am.


Follow up

From: Robert McCarthy
Councillor Ward One

MEMA has informed us that the flyover scheduled for today has been postponed to Thursday. The time remains unchanged (between 8:10 and 8:15).


From: Gene Labonte

Chief of Police
Salem State University 

Please be aware that the flight scheduled for tomorrow may now be postponed due to weather conditions, including dense fog, which would hinder low altitude flights. If the Air National Guard postpones the flight, it will be rescheduled for the same time on this Thursday.

Again, this is a planned event and the Massachusetts Air National Guard has coordinated these flights with the FAA.  



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