Military aircraft to fly over campus Friday, Saturday in advance of football game
LAWRENCE – Military aircraft will fly over the Lawrence campus three times in the next two days in advance of Saturday’s football game between the University of Kansas and Fresno State.
First, at approximately 2:30 p.m. Friday, a team of F-35 fighters will fly over David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Later that evening, at approximately 8 p.m., a C-147 – also known as a Dash 8 — will fly over the stadium.
Finally, on Saturday at about 5:15 p.m., the F-35s and C-147 will again fly over the stadium in advance of the 5:30 p.m. kickoff. The C-147 will be carrying members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, also known as the Golden Knights, who will parachute into the stadium.
The F-35s are conducted by the 56th Fighter Wing and 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. The Golden Knights are based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.