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Man flyover which is reserved for those in aviation and he was a combat pilot. that missing man formation is -- it just gets the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up when you see that one aircraft take off and advance in altitude and head to the heavens and let the other three keep going. it's a -- again, part of who we are in the navy about saying good-bye. >> it is powerful. it offers a certain finality but at the same time there is a peace that comes with that. all right. retired rear admiral john kirby, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> the task of appointing someone to fill john m...

Thank you. you're welcome. that's a prop apple. now, you might not believe any of this since this is a television commercial, but that's why they're being so transparent. anyways. this is the end of the commercial where i walk off into a very dramatic sunset to reveal the new esurance tagline so that you'll remember it. esurance. it's surprisingly painless. >> live from "america's news headquarters" i am jon scott. senator john mccain laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis maryland. he was honored by fighter jets a missing man formation after a private sermon. he is burie...

Capital. two of his colleagues lindsey graham and joe lieberman speaking today about their good friend. colleagues john loved the senate. he was a man of the senate. he loved the institution. when you write in history about it he will be in the first chapter. >> this was a treasure. to have the friendship of john mccain and lindsey graham as i've blessed to have had, and continue, it is just, i said goodbye, my heart will be heavy. arthel: lucas tomlinson is outside of the naval academy. set the scene for us out there. reporter: just a few minutes ago, a flight of four f-18 super hornets flew ...

Really see the mark made on him by this institution and this building in ways that he didn't fully understand at the time. he arrived here, class of '58 as a 17-year-old mid shipman. he still had a little resentment when he left. it wasn't nm the captivity in vietnam that he understood the impact that this institution had upon him. this was as you mentioned a private ceremony. we just saw guests filtering out here. there was -- they went down horse drawn carriage, down to his final resting place on the seven river and after that missing man formation, the thunder filling the skies here over an...

Known as the missing man formation. fly-overs are often associated with celebrations, but this is the one that is used for memorials. it is important to show the respect to those remains that are coming back. and certainly, this is a very somber, a very symbolic day for the u.s. military here and also for the united nations command. as i say, it's not just the u.s. military that may be represented within these remains, but 17 countries were part of the combat forces in the korean war. many more nations around the world had support staff, had medical staff that were within this. so, certainly, ...