Page 7 - Missing Man Formation News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

You gird for that? how do you future proof your campaign and your presentation? >> the big thing for joe biden is to not falter. right now he's still riding a wave of wide approval, great name recognition. and to get out there and show people he could still perform at the level that he did as vice president, you heard the president of the united states attack him and say that essentially he is not still all there. all he has to do is go out on stage and perform reasonably well. it would be likely his advisers are telling him shorter answers are better like your producer would probably like me ...

Person as they can. >> it looked as though the veterans appreciated that. the 65 who landed there in normandy and are back today. >> those are f-15s. four u.s. f-15s in the missing man formation. >> some of the veterans had not been back. the youngest are 93 years old. >> if you were 17 or 18 in 1944, do the math. >> some lied about their age so they could go serve because this war was obviously so important to freedom everywhere. they are at least 93 years old. some have never been back before today on this 75th anniversary of d-day. >> one thing president trump did in his speech is he talked...

He turned to the veterans who made it back there to normandy and said, quote, we know what we owe to you, veterans -- our freedom. on behalf of my nation, i just want to say thank you. >> he called them the pride of our nation, the glory of our republic. >> as christiane pointed out it is a picture perfect day there. it was not expected to be so nice. the weather has really been heaven sent for this moment. it would have been harder, of course, for everyone including the 90-something-year-old veterans to sit in the cold rain. >> they would have made it. >> it's much nicer to be under this land...

>> we are waiting for the flyovers about to happen. they are on the overlook of omaha beach. first we'll see the french planes in a missing man formation come from the water over the stage where the leaders are. then at some point we'll see four u.s. f-15s also in the missing man formation come over. >> you know the shows, the military demonstrations are things the president very much likes to see. he relishes in the moment. today he's there as a represent of the united states of america on behalf of the united states of america. he has spoken in gratitude on behalf of the united states of ame...

In 1973. >> rosemary quickly proved she had the right stuff. not only did she master the navy super sonic aircraft, she smashed through the gender barrier at close to mock 2 and never looked back. she would go on to be the first woman to command a squadron. >> retired naval captain rosemary mariner died last week at the age of 65 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. and to honor her and her singular achievement, the navy sanctioned another aviation first, an all female flyover. there it is. >> it is called the missing man formation. you'll see one of them zoom up into the heavens, though t...