re: Calcaterra Calls US Flag/Air Force Flyover “Political” Stunt that Should Be bann

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I say keep the flag, but remove the militarism, including flyovers - at least for professional sports. Flyovers and military displays make sense at colleges that have a military tradition.

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Meh, half the stadiums in the country seem to be named War Memorial. Its not like this is a big and brand new thing. People who tend to go to sporting events also tend to be more patriotic so I doubt they are offended unless they work for ESPN.

Technically speaking we are only supposed to do fly overs at aviation events or patriotic holidays however its cheap publicity for the military and it does get the crowd revved up a bit.

25% of the male population are veterans and they skew towards older men, the type that own season tickets. The guys who might like to see a fly over.

Its not exactly tempting the youth either since only around ten percent or so of the younger generation has served in the military. If this is a display of rampant militarism it doesn't seem to be working very well judging by recruiting.

So if rolling out giant flags and having some jets fly over works then why bother to change it? It isn't hurting anyone and generally the military just tacks them onto routine training flights anyway.