Outside, there was a 21-gun salute and a flypast of warplanes in a "missing man formation", used to salute a fallen pilot.
That memorial, too, was sun-drenched, with raw emotion and jets streaking overhead, as they did today, in a missing man formation, with one plane separating itself from the others and heading high up into the Texas sky.
Even before the unit deployed to Iraq, Mr. Adkins had referred Private Manning for a mental health screening because he had angrily responded after being criticized for missing a formation.
— The Los Angeles Angels suited up 24 players instead of 25 Friday, creating a baseball version of the missing man formation to honor the memory of Nick Adenhart, the rookie pitcher killed in a traffic accident early Thursday morning just hours after the finest performance of his short career.
A 21-gun salute was then sounded, followed by a fly-past by the US Air Force F-15s in the missing man formation.
(Corrects to remove reference in par 9 to planes flying in missing man formation).
Jerusalem was followed by a flypast of four RAAF F/A-18 Hornets in missing man formation.
His funeral included a speech by President Bill Clinton and a fly-over by military jets in a missing man formation.
The game began with a flyover of F-16 jets, all piloted by former A&M students, in the missing man formation.
At that time, four Navy F/A-18 fighter jets flew over in missing man formation, and the flag that flew over the Capitol during President Reagan's 1981 inauguration was folded by the honor guard and was presented to Nancy Reagan by Captain James Symonds, the commanding officer of the USS Ronald Reagan.
