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　About 15 minutes from around 12:40 on July 23, an exhibition flight of the Air Self-Defense Force's acrobatic flight team "Blue Impulse" was held over the city center. Departure and arrival at Iruma Air Base, pass over the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Station, Tokyo Sky Tree, National Stadium, etc., and over the National Stadium, draw the Olympic mark with blue, yellow, black, green and red color smoke. Was. Since the opening ceremony is held at night, it is a flight that excites the opening mood just before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics during the day when smoke is easy to see.　　　　Blue Impulse is based in Matsushima Base in Miyagi Prefecture. At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, he drew a vivid Olympic mark and was quickly spotlighted, and was also active in the Nagano Olympics in 1998. After the disaster in Great East Japan Earthquake and lost its function, the unit returned in 2013 to cooperate with the so-called "Reconstruction Olympics" for the third time.　　　　　　　　　　　　When passing near Chuo-ohashi Bridge, applause and cheers were heard from spectators.