Misawa air show set for Sunday

Misawa air show set for Sunday

(EXCERPT) , By Juliana Gittler, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Saturday, September 6, 2003

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — About 100,000 people from northern Japan are
expected Sunday for the Misawa Air Festival, a Japanese Air
Self-Defense Force air show augmented by the U.S. Air Force.

The base will open to the community, with air performances, aircraft
on display, booths set up, By nonprofit organizations and businesses
on base and family entertainment such as a climbing wall.

Two bands are scheduled to play: the Air Force band Final Approach and
the civilian group Flying Machine.

JASDF pilots will perform aerial demonstrations during the show.

“It’s a day out for the family,” said Maj. Teddy Nelson, air festival
coordinator and the 610th Air Control Flight commander.

The show has fewer U.S. aircraft than hoped because two other U.S.
installations also are staging show...

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