The C-17 jet flew over dozens of hospitals and medical centers throughout the state in a salute to healthcare employees and their tireless work during the COVID-19 pandemic. They called it Operation American Resolve.
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The 145th Airlift Wing Air Force Salutes Flight path began in the western part of the state, making its way to the Triangle around 11:39 a.m. when it went by UNC-Chapel Hill.
Watch as the jet flew over UNC:
Watch the NC Air National Guard fly over hospitals
Here was a complete schedule for the mission:
Asheville - 10:50 a.m.
Mission Hospital
Manna Food Bank
Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center
J.F.K. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Morganton - 11:02 a.m.
Broughton Hospital
J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
Hickory - 11:07 a.m.
Frye Regional Medical Hospital
Statesville - 11:12 a.m.
Iredell Memorial Hospital
Winston-Salem - 11:21 a.m.
Wake Forest Baptist Hospital
Bowman Gray Campus
Second Harvest Food Bank of NW NC
Greensboro/Burlington - 11:30 a.m.
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High Point Regional - 11:25 a.m.
Moses Cone Memorial Hospital - 11:28 a.m.
Lab Corp Burlington Corporate Headquarters - 11:32 a.m.
Chapel Hill - 11:39 a.m.
UNC-Chapel Hill Hospital
Durham - 11:42 a.m.
Durham VA Medical Center
Duke University Hospital
Butner - 11:46 a.m.
Central Regional Hospital
Murdoch Developmental Center
R.J. Blackley Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Raleigh - 11:50 a.m. to 12 p.m.
UNC REX Hospital - 11:54 a.m.
NC National Guard JFHQ - 11:54 a.m.
Wake Med Hospital - 11:57 a.m.
Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC - 11:58 a.m.
Duke/Raleigh Hospital - 11:58 a.m.
Downtown Raleigh - 12 p.m.
Goldsboro - 12:09 p.m.
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Cherry Hospital
O'berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center
Wilson - 12:15 p.m.
Longleaf Neuro-Medical Treatment
Greenville - 12:21 p.m.
Vidant Medical Center
Walter B. Jones Alcohol & Drug Abuse Treatment Center
Greenville Veteran's Health Care Center
Kinston - 12:28 p.m.
Caswell Development Center
Jacksonville - 12:35 p.m.
Onslow Memorial Hospital
Wilmington - 12:48 p.m.
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Charlotte - 1:25 p.m.
Harris Teeter Distribution Center - 1:21 p.m.
Novant Health Presbyterian Med Center - 1:25 p.m.
Atrium Health Charlotte - 1:25 p.m.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina - 1:27 p.m.
Last Friday, several F-15 fighter jets from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro flew over eastern North Carolina hospitals in Smithfield, Goldsboro and Wilson in a show of respect.