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| - What a way to honor everyone who has served and is serving than to throw and annual open house and air show right around Veterans day every year. This is a great way for the public to get up close and personal with the people and the machines that help protect our country. It is also a way to see your taxpayer dollars hard at work. Parking and the event are both free.
The initial bus ride over will test your patience but it's all worth it once you enter the gates. They have to run everyone though a metal detector, totally understandable. It did take nearly 2 hours to get through the line from the Speedway parking lot to the neighboring base. Make sure to wear comfy shoes as the flight line is huge. I think we walked nearly 8 miles of back and forth. Oh and make sure to bring a folding chair too!
There are tons of food stalls( the usual dogs, burgers, tacos,burritos, etc.) For the plane geeks there are shirts, insignia, buttons and patches for sale by each of the various squadrons.
Nellis is home to the best and the baddest the USAF has to offer and the home of the dubious Red Flag squadron. The training that goes on at this base insures that our fine men and women of the military get the most realistic bad guy training out there.The mock squadrons are even made up to look like the planes of our non-NATO foes.
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Both old and new perform at the show with air re-enactments from WWll, to Vietnam and Cold War all the way to our latest and greatest.
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The F-22 Raptor everyone there, even the seasoned pilots. You feel such a sense of pride watching not only the aircraft themselves being expertly piloted and maintained, but the engineering...incredible!
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It is also home to the Thuderbirds acrobatic precision flight team. Just awe inspiring and well worth waiting to the end of the show.
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You will leave with a renewed sense of pride when visiting Nellis. The history, the bravery and the service are on display every time one of these marvels of the air takes flight. Seeing service men and women beaming with joy among the civilian crowd as they share this day with their family will bring a tear to your eye.
What a great day to spend the day and feel humble, inspired and appreciative all while having a fun time.
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