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cpamomfromtexas

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2. POW's and 3 stars are entitled to flyovers

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:33 AM

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If you are active and rated military pilot or navigator you get flight pay and bonuses if bonuses authorized. And flight pay really isn’t that much which is why bonuses were instituted to retain pilots.

Pay for commercial pilots is governed by “flight hours” vs the military.

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A B-52 has taken off from Minot AFB at 3:33 a.m. ET. It is headed east. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday OP

The B-52's fly to Arlington for funeral fly overs for long time USAF vets? Irish_Dem Wednesday #1

POW's and 3 stars are entitled to flyovers cpamomfromtexas Wednesday #2

I just read about a retired Msgt who got a fly over. Irish_Dem Wednesday #3

You might be right. My husband got an f16 cpamomfromtexas Thursday #4

We've got B-2 bombers in the ME. Don't need B-52s anymore LeftInTX Thursday #5