{"id":781249,"date":"2026-07-05T06:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781249\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T06:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:14:27","slug":"rcaf-conducts-flypasts-over-ottawa-for-world-cup-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781249\/","title":{"rendered":"RCAF conducts flypasts over Ottawa for World Cup, Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Royal Canadian Air Force and U.S. air force held a joint flypast over Ottawa to mark the Fourth of July in the United States and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The ceremonial flypast happened at around 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday and involved two Canadian CF-18 Hornets flying alongside a pair of American F-35 Lightning II jets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The flypast was scheduled go over the annual Fourth of July party at the official residence of the U.S. ambassador in Rockcliffe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">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>Helicopter flypast marks World Cup match<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, the RCAF conducted a special flypast in Ottawa to mark Canada\u2019s pivotal soccer match against Morocco in the FIFA World Cup on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Up to 20,000 people were expected to attend a watch party at LeBreton Flats for the start of the Round of 16 match at 1 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783232067_593_3GYDATMQM5H2BPEFC7WIRVCR2Q.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>G7 A Canadian Armed Forces Chinook helicopter hovers as a WestJet airplane passes by while dignitaries arrive in Calgary, Sunday, June 15, 2025, to attend the G7 Leaders meeting taking place in the nearby community of Kananaskis. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An RCAF CH-147F Chinook helicopter from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron flew over the Bluesfest grounds shortly before the match began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis flypast is meant to highlight and support this community gathering as it recognizes a momentous global sporting event. It also celebrates Canada\u2019s progress in the World Cup,\u201d the RCAF said in a news release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With files from The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Canadian Air Force and U.S. air force held a joint flypast over Ottawa to mark the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[712,49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-781249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781249","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=781249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}