PHOTOS: Military jets salute essential workers above the skies of DC, Baltimore

May 2, 2020

WTOP/Brett Snyder

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy’s Blue Angels conducted a flyover through the D.C. region on Saturday to salute health care workers and first responders battling the coronavirus pandemic.

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Military jets flyover the Washington Monument

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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy’s Blue Angels are seen here fling over the Washington Monument in tribute to health care workers and first responders fighting the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (WTOP/Brett Snyder)

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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy’s Blue Angels are seen here fling over the National Mall. They took to the skies above the D.C. region to salute health care workers and first responders fighting the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (WTOP/Brett Snyder)

Military jets in the skies above Arlington, Va.

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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy’s Blue Angels are seen here fling over Arlington, Virginia, toward The Pentagon, as part of a tribute to health care workers and first responders fighting the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (WTOP/Sandy Kozel)

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Health workers at University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, Maryland, observe the midday flyover of U.S. military jets saluting their efforts fighting on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (WTOP/John Domen)

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The Ferry family, from Chantilly, Va., who were in the middle of taking a family photograph, are surprised by a second fly over by the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, in a “salute to frontline COVID-19 responders,” as seen near the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial that depicts a flag raising over Iwo Jima, in Arlington, Virginia, on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

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The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over the White House and downtown D.C., in salute to first responders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Jets above the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial.

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The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds fly over Washington, with the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument in the background, in a “salute to frontline COVID-19 responders,” as seen from the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial that depicts a flag raising over Iwo Jima, in Arlington, Virginia, Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

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People view the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as they fly over the Lincoln Memorial in D.C., in salute to first responders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

People watching jets fly in the sky, behind a series of American flags.

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People view the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds from the Washington Monument as they fly over the National Mall in D.C., in salute to first responders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

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People view the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as they fly over the National Mall in D.C., in salute to first responders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

American flag with military jets behind it.

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The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over D.C. on Saturday, May 2, 2020, as a salute to first responders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

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