Super Bowl 50 features two of the best teams in the NFL this season, and while the players have been hard at work preparing for the biggest game of their lives, the military and local police have been hard at work preparing to protect arguably the biggest sporting event in American culture.
There will be U.S. military fighter jets and helicopters flying overhead in San Francisco during Super Bowl 50, and helicopter transportation could be the only means for the teams to get to and from Levi's Stadium, according to CBS Reporter Hannah Albarazi. In the past couple months, federal, state and local K-9 teams have conducted helicopter training at the Coast Guard Air Station in San Francisco to prepare for all the security measures for Super Bowl 50.
"One of the first steps in providing security for the Super Bowl is getting the dogs familiarized with the helicopter noise vibrations and seeing how they behave around it," U.S. Park officer Neil Wu said. "It's better to find out how the dogs handle it now than later."
There will be no-fly zones implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during the Super Bowl, and the U.S. Air Force and California Air National Guard will enforce them. F-15 pilots of the California Air National Guard will be standing by on Super Bowl Sunday and will be flying drills in preparation at Oakland International Airport on Feb. 3, according to Albarazi.
On Feb. 7, game day, general aviation operations will be prohibited within a 10-nautical mile radius of Levi's Stadium. While above the ground, helicopters and military fighter jets will look to protect the fans at Levi's Stadium, on the ground, the Super Bowl city of San Francisco is ramping up security, according to Phil Matier of CBS News.
There will be both armed security guards and law enforcement at Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif., and both will be in uniforms and plain clothes. There will be layers of security at Super Bowl 50, and in downtown San Francisco, the entire week leading up to the big game.
