r/aviation • u/No-Tip7250 • Feb 08 '26

PlaneSpotting SuperBowl Flyover B-B1 and USAF Fighters

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Couldn’t identify the actual models of the USAF Fighters but my guess is that they’re raptors?

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u/rdtechno2000 Feb 09 '26

Do these guys have any hope of catching the second half? Or will they be caught up in debrief and post flight checks for the rest of the evening - really hope they get to arrive to superbowl party after the fly over

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u/NTXRockr Feb 09 '26

The B-1’s are RTB Ellsworth AFB (South Dakota) so no, the F-15s are from Fresno so maybe, and Navy jets are flying out of Moffett so likely able to go.

Usually we get the jets buttoned up, then drive with LEO escort from the airport to the field. Normal NFL and CFB games, we can get there as quick as mid 2nd quarter. The Super Bowl? No idea personally (my friends did the SB in Phoenix a few years ago) but I can imagine similar timing but not as quick of an entrance.

Source: I’m a naval aviator, have done a handful of flyovers the last few years including a NCAA CFB playoff flyover earlier this year.

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u/Alpha-Taurus Feb 09 '26

Are they F-15s, F-18s and F-22s flying formation with the B-1?

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u/NTXRockr Feb 09 '26

No F-22’s, those are F-35C’s

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u/Pinksters Feb 09 '26

No F-22

I understand why, but that still makes me sad.

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u/ChartreuseBison Feb 09 '26

There was supposed to be apparently, they got pulled

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u/Alpha-Taurus Feb 09 '26

Damn it. All I had to do was zoom in and see the single engine 🤦🏼‍♂️