HARB Airmen welcome over 100,000 guests during air show

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HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. --  More than 100,000 people came here to watch the Wings Over Homestead air show featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team, Nov. 5-6.

Along with the Thunderbirds, the event featured demonstrations from the 93rd Fighter Squadron, the U.S. Navy Tac F-18 Tac demo team, the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, Franklin’s Flying Circus Comedy Act, Oracle, Lima Lima, Tora Tora Tora!, the Shockwave Jet Truck and others. All in all, the public saw and toured a wide range of static displays from prop planes to a jet-powered truck.

“We had an amazing time at the air show,” said Genny Restrepo, an air show attendee. “All the military personnel were so nice and so friendly. The shows were incredible.”

This air show marks the fourth Wings Over Homestead air show since 2009.

"It's a great way to open up our arms to the South Florida community,” said Col. David Garfield, 482nd Fighter Wing commander, “We’re proud to open our base and connect with our community. Most of the service members assigned to this base are Reservists who live and work in the South Florida area, so that community connection is very important to us.”