Nyani Ngabu
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Only in America baby
Super Bowl air cover brought to you by... the U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force jets ready to defend Super Bowl airspace
One plane has two powerful jet engines with afterburners, flies at almost 2,000 mph, can soar more than 12 miles above the earth, and has 34 air combat victories in Operation Desert Storm.
The other hums along at 150 mph, powered by a six-piston engine and a two-bladed propeller. It can't get much higher than 3 miles above the ground. It's more suited to carry your grandma than a gun.
But together, the two planes -- the Air National Guard's F-15 Eagle and the Civil Air Patrol's Cessna 182 -- are the key to safe skies over Super Bowl 50 in California this Sunday.
The Cessnas are acting as the bogeys -- intruders in the restricted airspace over the big game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California -- as the Air Force fighter jets practice slowing themselves to escort the plodding prop planes out of any place where they might prove a danger to the tens of thousands of fans expected at the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl air cover brought to you by... the U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force jets ready to defend Super Bowl airspace
One plane has two powerful jet engines with afterburners, flies at almost 2,000 mph, can soar more than 12 miles above the earth, and has 34 air combat victories in Operation Desert Storm.
The other hums along at 150 mph, powered by a six-piston engine and a two-bladed propeller. It can't get much higher than 3 miles above the ground. It's more suited to carry your grandma than a gun.
But together, the two planes -- the Air National Guard's F-15 Eagle and the Civil Air Patrol's Cessna 182 -- are the key to safe skies over Super Bowl 50 in California this Sunday.
The Cessnas are acting as the bogeys -- intruders in the restricted airspace over the big game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California -- as the Air Force fighter jets practice slowing themselves to escort the plodding prop planes out of any place where they might prove a danger to the tens of thousands of fans expected at the Super Bowl.