{"id":780481,"date":"2026-07-04T20:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/780481\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:54:31","slug":"canadian-american-air-forces-to-conduct-joint-flypast-in-ottawa-for-fourth-of-july-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/780481\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian, American air forces to conduct joint flypast in Ottawa for Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. air force will appear together in the skies over Ottawa today to mark the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence today.<\/p>\n<p>Revellers gathered at the official residence of U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra for the annual Fourth of July party in Ottawa will see the jets flying at low altitude.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremonial flypast is scheduled for around 6:30 p.m. ET. <\/p>\n<p>It involves two Canadian CF-18 Hornets flying alongside a pair of American F-35 Lightning II jets.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Department says it\u2019s meant to demonstrate the way the two countries routinely work together in the air as part of Norad, the binational continental defence command.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Halifax as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=halifax.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778170930_778_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. air force will appear together in the skies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-780481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}