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The Miramar Air Show is an annual air show held at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. The three-day event is the largest military air show in the United States, with total annual attendance estimated at 700,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.miramarairshow.com/PDFS/press_kit_2011%20releases/Press%20Kit%20-%20Air%20Power.pdf )〕 The show is held in October coinciding with Fleet Week activities in San Diego. The 2011 show was the 56th edition of the event, and celebrated the 100th anniversary of naval aviation. In 2007, the Miramar Air Show was voted the "World's Best Military Air Show" by the International Council of Air Shows, the first time the award was given to a Marine Corps air station since 1994. The show includes a large selection of "static" (non-flying) displays representing aircraft from the United States Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force, as well as civilian and historic military aircraft. Numerous commercial vendors, recruiting displays representing all of the United States armed forces, area law enforcement recruiters, civilian flight organizations and a business and franchise fair are also on site. The show's daily performance schedule includes military and civilian aircraft, usually highlighted by the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and is largely the same for all three days, with an extra "twilight show" on Saturday night only. Mornings are largely taken up by civilian performers, with military and more civilian performers in the afternoon. The Saturday "twilight" show includes military and civilian performers, a fireworks display and the detonation of the "Great Wall of Fire" pyrotechnic display. The air show for October 4–5, 2013 was canceled. Officials with the Marines confirmed the show was canceled as a result of the government shutdown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-miramar-air-show-canceled-government-shutdown-20131003,0,5311523.story )〕 == Static Displays == The show features more than 100 military and civilian aircraft on static display.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.miramarairshow.com/statics.html )〕 The particular aircraft on hand changes each year depending on availability. Most aircraft can be toured by visitors, with active-duty service personnel on hand to answer questions. The displays are informally grouped into areas representing: * Air Force transport planes and bombers such as the C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster, KC-135 Stratotanker and C-130 Hercules, and B-52 Stratofortress, as well as fighter aircraft such as the F-16 Falcon, F-15 Eagle and F-22 Raptor, and other support and training aircraft; * "Squadron Row," an area of booths staffed by units based at Miramar and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, as well as other Marine Corps bases, to meet the public and sell merchandise to support squadron activities, and to display squadron aircraft including fixed-wing (F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harriers) and rotor-wing (AH-1 Cobra, MV-22 Osprey, and CH-53 Sea Stallion) vehicles; * The MAGTF area with rotor-wing and tilt-rotor aircraft representing units based at Miramar and nearby Camp Pendleton, and infantry units from Pendleton and other installations demonstrating M1 Abrams tanks, LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicles, support vehicles, artillery systems and infantry weapons; * a "War Birds" area representing WWII-era aircraft, aircraft from the Korean War and Vietnam War era, and aircraft from foreign countries; * Recruiting and informational displays by most branches of the U.S. armed forces, area law enforcement agencies, the Border Patrol, the Civil Air Patrol, and other civilian organizations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miramar Air Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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