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F-15s swing low over downtown Macon

By Wayne Crenshaw

wcrenshaw@macon.com
Lt. Col. Chris Coddington, right, and Lt. Col. Rick Sposato, left, prepare for a training flight on April 17, 2013 at Robins Air Force Base. Robins F-15 pilots will conduct a flyover of the Cherry Blossom Festival on Sunday, will do a second practice run Thursday.
Lt. Col. Chris Coddington, right, and Lt. Col. Rick Sposato, left, prepare for a training flight on April 17, 2013 at Robins Air Force Base. Robins F-15 pilots will conduct a flyover of the Cherry Blossom Festival on Sunday, will do a second practice run Thursday. Grant Blankenship GRANT BLANKENSHIP/THE TELEGRAPH

Macon residents saw a couple of F-15 jets flying low over the city on Wednesday and will see it again Thursday and Sunday.

The 339th Flight Test Squadron at Robins Air Force Base is doing a flyover for the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade on Sunday at 4 p.m. They did a practice run Wednesday afternoon over the area of Cherry Street and Central City Park and will do another on Thursday from 2-3 p.m., according to a base release.

Those who go to the parade Sunday will see the planes flying even lower, said base spokesman Roland Leach.

This story was originally published March 22, 2017 at 4:53 PM with the headline "F-15s swing low over downtown Macon."

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