CHAMPAIGN — The last time John Kerrigan was back on the University of Illinois campus, he sat in the stands of Memorial Stadium for the football season opener against Kent State.
When the UI alumnus returns today, he'll be soaring at least 1,000 feet above the stadium at the controls of a military plane during a flyover before Illinois-Ohio State.
"I'm very excited about it," said Kerrigan, a major and C-130 aircraft commander with the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard in Peoria.
While he's done a few flyovers before at POW-MIA ceremonies and Fourth of July parades, this one will be special.