This year's airshow at Fargo proved to be one of the best. Combat aircraft at the show included F/A-18Fs from NSAWC (Top Gun) Fallon NAS, F-16C from South Dakota ANG, and performances by F-15Cs of the Oregon ANG and the F-15E demo and an F-4 heritage flight, as well as the F/A-18C of the Blue Angels. Also, 2 A-10s from Whiteman AFB were present and there was also a single flyby of a Minot AFB B-52H.
Other displays included a C-5 from New York ANG, KC-135 from Grand Forks AFB, C-21 from North Dakota ANG, T-6A, T-38C & T-1A from Columbus AFB, T-45 from NAS Kingsville, and the Predator and Global Hawk, as well as UH-60 Blackhawks and a OH-58.
Extra touches at this show included Mavericks on the A-10s and open gun panels to reveal the 30mm shells. Also one of the F-15Cs was towed into the crowd after its flight, and the cockpit was put on display
Increasing clouds forced the Blue Angels to do a flat show (once again, they were able to do a high show on Sunday). All of the performances seemed to be somewhat reduced in power, I don't know if this was because of the location of the airport in the city, but it was certainly quieter than other airshows.
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