COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.– The “Wings Over Columbus” Air Show and STEM Expo is rapidly approaching. There are a number of world-class performers, plane shows, and instructional actions to absorb through the occasion weekend on 26-27 March 2022. This yr, the United States Air Force celebrates 75 years of breaking obstacles, developments in aviation expertise and projection of world air energy. However, the air exhibits of at this time wouldn’t exist with out the lengthy, wealthy aviation historical past that may be traced again to the beginnings of flight.
In August 1909, the “Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne,” or the “Rheims Aviation Meeting” was held at a racetrack in Rheims, France. The week-long spectacle is taken into account to be the primary worldwide aviation assembly, which drew aviators from everywhere in the world to compete for prizes in aviation-related challenges. Many well-known early pilots participated and the occasion was successful, drawing 1000’s of spectators and new aviation followers that camped in tents to observe.
After World War I, pilots started acting at travelling air exhibits. These occasions had been used to advance the sphere of aviation by offering a way to encourage and educate the following era of future aviators. Travelling air exhibits, additionally known as circuses, had been small and traveled from city to city and often coincided with a “Victory Loan” or “War Bonds” rally. In addition to the academic objective of the exhibits, many differing kinds of acts started to floor, resembling wing walkers and air races. In later years, air exhibits supplied leisure throughout nationwide holidays resembling Armistice Day or George Washington’s birthday celebrations.
The fashionable air present combines one of the best of navy and civilian aerial performers to have fun the development and historical past of flight. Aerial performers just like the United States Air Force Thunderbirds and Air Combat Command A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team, showcase the very best requirements of precision and dedication to the pursuit of Excellence, a core pillar of the Air Force Core Values. Each staff evokes 1000’s of air present company throughout the nation yearly. Air exhibits keep it up a century-long custom of offering a discussion board for aviators, engineers and fans to fulfill.
“Air shows afford us the opportunity to honor our past while inspiring a new generation of Airmen to pave the way for the future,” Lt. Col. Timothy Thoren, “Wings Over Columbus” air present director stated. “This year we are expecting members of the 454th Bombardment Wing, who flew B-52s at Columbus in the 1950s and 1960s to attend the air show. “Wings Over Columbus” 2022 will deliver the previous along with the long run so we will honor our heroes, study from their achievements and put together our Air Force to fulfill tomorrow’s challenges.”
The 14th Flying Training Wing hosts the biggest coaching plane fleet whereas elevating the bar for technological innovation to reshape the long run Air Force aviator. This yr, Columbus AFB goals to lift the bar once more with its first large-scale STEM Expo featured on the air present. Over 30 expertise and training companions have come collectively to exhibit developments in digital actuality, engineering, unmanned automobile methods, forensics, navy aviation and area.
“The air show provides a unique regional recurring and public outreach opportunity for the Air Force,” Thoren stated. “Our local community partners have played a pivotal role in planning and hosting this air show, just as they have for decades supporting Columbus AFB and our critical mission. “Wings Over Columbus” supplies a venue for Airmen and neighborhood members to have fun our unbelievable success and forge bonds to advance the mission of Columbus AFB and the pursuits of our neighborhood.”
The “Wings Over Columbus” Air Show and STEM Expo is scheduled to be held March 26 and 27, 2022 at Columbus AFB, Miss. Gates open at 10 a.m. each days. The present is open to the general public with free admission and parking.
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