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The Blue Angels fly in close formation during a practice last season at El Centro, California.
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The U.S. Navy Flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, perform their delta formation during the Blues on the Bay Air Show at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Oct. 14, 2007. The Blue Angels fly the F/A-18A Hornet aircraft and perform approximately 30 maneuvers during the aerial demonstration lasting over an hour.
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FALLON — The Navy’s Blue Angels will once again streak across the skies of Churchill County and perform unbelieveable aerial acrobatics when NAS Fallon hosts an air show in September.
The air show will be a free one-day event held Sept. 11 at the base and will also feature single aircraft demonstrations and pyrotechnics, like the “Wall of Fire,” along with the Blue Angels.
“The idea is to say ‘thank you’ to the local community and show them what we do on a daily basis at NAS Fallon,” said Zip Upham, public affairs officer for the base.
The Blue Angels will perform at the Reno Air Races the week following Fallon’s air show.
The Air Force’s Thunderbirds performed at the Fallon air show in 2001, the last full-fledged air show the valley has seen.
Upham said NAS Fallon hosted smaller open houses for the community in the early 2000s, but larger air shows stopped because they were unable to coordinate the Blue Angels schedule with the NAS Fallon training schedule.
“We wanted to have the Blue Angels,” Upham said, adding the show is still in the early planning stages.
The air show will be held on a Friday and will include a 9/11 ceremony. Upham said NAS Fallon is coordinating with the city of Fallon, which holds an annual 9/11 ceremony in the city hall courtyard.
Although security has tightened in the years following the attacks on 9/11, the general public will be allowed to drive and park on the base. Upham said visitors will probably take a shuttle bus and a short walk to view the events on the flight line. Security regulations — what the public can and cannot bring onto the base — will be publicized prior to the event.
NAS Fallon’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation department is currently working on sponsorship issues. In the past, Fallon air shows have been sponsored by local businesses, but the event is still in the planning stages.
Upham said the International Council of Air Shows, the governing body for shows in the United States, expected to see a drop in attendance at shows in late 2008, but it did not materialize. Because the economy is struggling, people are more inclined to attend activities close to home, especially if they’re free, Upham said.
“We would be pleased to see folks from other cities, but overjoyed if our local community comes out to see what we do here on a daily basis,” Upham said.
The air show will be a free one-day event held Sept. 11 at the base and will also feature single aircraft demonstrations and pyrotechnics, like the “Wall of Fire,” along with the Blue Angels.
“The idea is to say ‘thank you’ to the local community and show them what we do on a daily basis at NAS Fallon,” said Zip Upham, public affairs officer for the base.
The Blue Angels will perform at the Reno Air Races the week following Fallon’s air show.
The Air Force’s Thunderbirds performed at the Fallon air show in 2001, the last full-fledged air show the valley has seen.
Upham said NAS Fallon hosted smaller open houses for the community in the early 2000s, but larger air shows stopped because they were unable to coordinate the Blue Angels schedule with the NAS Fallon training schedule.
“We wanted to have the Blue Angels,” Upham said, adding the show is still in the early planning stages.
The air show will be held on a Friday and will include a 9/11 ceremony. Upham said NAS Fallon is coordinating with the city of Fallon, which holds an annual 9/11 ceremony in the city hall courtyard.
Although security has tightened in the years following the attacks on 9/11, the general public will be allowed to drive and park on the base. Upham said visitors will probably take a shuttle bus and a short walk to view the events on the flight line. Security regulations — what the public can and cannot bring onto the base — will be publicized prior to the event.
NAS Fallon’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation department is currently working on sponsorship issues. In the past, Fallon air shows have been sponsored by local businesses, but the event is still in the planning stages.
Upham said the International Council of Air Shows, the governing body for shows in the United States, expected to see a drop in attendance at shows in late 2008, but it did not materialize. Because the economy is struggling, people are more inclined to attend activities close to home, especially if they’re free, Upham said.
“We would be pleased to see folks from other cities, but overjoyed if our local community comes out to see what we do here on a daily basis,” Upham said.
