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Here was a really cool paint scheme on one of the helicopters at the show:

There were several excellent airshow performances all day long on both Sat and Sun:

The cool thing was that we were only about 500 yards from the runway.

Also performing were the US Army Golden Knights parachute team:

Talk about precision, These guys and gals could land exactly where they wanted, even with a good 15 knot wind.

The ANG Hurricane Hunter's C130's were in attendance as well:

It unbelievable to me that several times a year, these guys and gals actually fly right into the eye of a hurricane on purpose.

This beautiful B-25 bomber was there on display. He actually landed just before me on Friday afternoon and was on hold on the taxiway along with me for about 10 minutes:

Here is one of the C17 Globemasters. This thing is enormous. I like this one because it has Mississippi on the tail.  Hey, maybe this could be Miss'ippi Mudbug II

As I walked around this monster of an airplane, I caught a little movement up in the cockpit and snapped this picture of a future Air force pilot:

Here is an A10 Thunderbolt with cool nose art:

I wonder if I could fit one of those machine guns on the nose of the Mudbug? No, I guess it would screw up my weigh & balance :>)

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