Fly Over Arkansas taking place
Published 4:00 am Wednesday, July 1, 2026
LITTLE ROCK — As America celebrates 250 years of being a country, many festivities and events are being held.
Usually looking up is a night event for fireworks, but on Thursday that is not the case.
The Arkansas National Guard started on Monday with fly overs throughout the state of Arkansas.
Varies military aircraft will be used in this unique celebration of the United States.
The flyover will feature the Arkansas Air National Guard’s iconic C-130 Hercules cargo plane from the 189th Airlift Wing. Also, flying will be a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
The C-130 Hercules has long been recognized as one of the most versatile military transport aircraft in the world. The Black Hawk helicopter has served as an asset for troop transport as well as the copter is used from Emergency response, disaster relief and military operations.
“This is to honor the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration,” said a Arkansas National Guard press release.
Jasper is the next to last flyover location.
The aircraft should be making their appearance around 2 p.m. Thursday. The press release states that the flyover will happen between 2 -3 p.m.
It also states that the aircraft could be a few minutes early.
After flying over Jasper, the aircraft will travel to Clinton to end the tour. Straight line projector will have the planes flying over Mt. Judea, Bass, Witts Springs and Tilley before arriving at Clinton. Wind and weather conditions can have the flights stray from that route.
