VIENNA TWP., Ohio - The Youngstown Air Reserve Station has released a timetable for plans to take to the skies on Monday to salute local healthcare workers, first responders, and essential workers on the frontline battle against the coronavirus epidemic.

Crews plan to take off from the 910th Air Reserve Station in Vienna late this morning to launch “Hercs over America”.

Two of the 910th's C-130H Hercules aircraft will fly over medical facilities in Northeast Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania.

Times below are approximate:

The 910th's aircraft will kick off 'Hercs Over America' over UPMC Hamot Primary in Erie, Pennsylvania at 10:50 am Monday.

 

 

 

The two-ship formation will then proceed to the Cleveland area between 11:10 and 11:20 am to salute workers at these health care facilities:

  • The Cleveland VA Hospital
  • University Hospital Ahuja Medical Center – Beachwood
  • University Hospital Cleveland Main Campus
  • Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
  • Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
  • Metro Health – Cleveland
  • Fairview Hospital - Cleveland.

At 11:29 am, the C-130s will then head to Akron Children's Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Akron General in Akron, Ohio, and then at 11:36 am on to Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio.

The 910th aircraft will conclude 'Hercs Over America' in the skies above St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boardman at 11:48 am, Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Youngstown at 11:50 am, and finally St. Joseph Medical Center in Warren at 11:55 am.

Area residents should be able to see the flyover from the safety of their homes, via media broadcasts or on the 910th's social media platforms. The 910th encourages maintaining social distancing guidelines during this event. Area residents should also refrain from traveling to hospitals or gathering in large groups to view the flyover.

The flyovers are scheduled to occur during one of the wing's training missions and will incur no additional cost to taxpayers, according to a media release from the 910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office