Two F-35s assigned to the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base will accompany a B-2 stealth bomber during the flyover at the annual Tournament of Roses Parade Jan. 1, 2018.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Spangler (nellis.af.mil) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The flyover will honor organ donor Maj. Benjamin Meier, an Air Force pilot who was assigned to the 31st TES. Meier died in 2015 due to a traffic accident and his heart, lungs, liver and kidneys were donated.
The F-35 on the left of the B-2 will represent all organ donors, while the F-35 on the right will symbolize all who have received organs that have prolonged their lives, the press statement by Edwards Air Force Base said.