Joint Service Open House, Andrews AFB5/16/2010 |
Joyce and I attended the Andrews Air Force Base air show on May 16th, 2010.
They had static displays of miltary equipment from all services:
An Army Stryker
An Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle
The HIMARS rocket launcher system
An AC-130 Gunship
A World War Two B-17 Bomber
The show opened with an enormous American flag carried by a member of the E-Team sky divers:
We saw several aerobatics acts:
The Geico Skytypers
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John Klatt
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Greg Poe
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Sean Tucker with Team Oracle
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The Sky Soldiers
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Several World War Two aircraft demonstrations took place:
An F4U Corsair
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A P-51D Mustang
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We also saw impressive demonstrations of current military aircraft:
A C-17
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An F-16 Falcon
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An AV-8 Harrier
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A Navy F-18F Hornet
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The F-22 Raptor
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The Air Force Heritage Flight
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The Golden Knights' C-31A Friendship
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Soldiers extracted via the SPIE system after a fast rope insertion
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The Navy Blue Angels closed the show:
Their C-130 support plane nicknamed "Fat Albert"
More Fat Albert photos here.
More Blue Angels photos here. Please note that there a lot of photos on that page. Be patient.
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