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Jon on July 1st, 2011

Tweet Both the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds do a maneuver where they sneak past the crowd. However, what I do not like about the Blue Angels sneak pass is that the announcer always tells everyone look right, while they are coming from the left. So while it does demonstrate how a jet can sneak into [...]

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Jon on June 24th, 2011

Tweet So tomorrow is the Rhode Island National Guard Air Show and Open House. While much of it is the same as years past, they have changed things up a little bit. One quite noticeable thing that is different is a new Air National Guard jet truck. Today many of the performers ran through a [...]

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Tweet The 2011 Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show is rapidly approaching. This year the Blue Angels will be back! Additionally this year is also the Centennial of Naval Aviation, and such an important time for reflecting on how far we have come over the last century. Since its inception the airplane [...]

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Jon on June 29th, 2010

Tweet This a picture of a humvee driving off of a C-130 J model aircraft during the simulated attack part of the air show, commonly referred to as the combined arms demonstration, because it shows how the air force and army work together on missions. This is almost always one of everyone’s favorite parts of [...]

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Jon on June 28th, 2009

Tweet Many of you are probably aware that “Look Up Rhode Island!” is the slogan or catch phrase being used in conjunction with this year’s Rhode Island National Guard Open House & Air Show. I do think the phrase is pretty catchy, and I wish I through of it myself. Today I received a rare [...]

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Jon on June 22nd, 2009

Tweet The Canadian Air Force Snowbirds that is. OK so maybe that wasn’t what you wanted to hear in the midst of all this wet and rainy weather we have been having. So, hopefully it will come as consolation that so far the weather looks clear for the air show. Sorry no photos of Snowbird [...]

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