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After an incredible weekend of high

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flying excitement , the 2024 Selfridge

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Open House and Air Show came to a close

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on Sunday . More than 100,000 visitors

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came out the Selfridge Air National

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Guard Base on June 8th and ninth . And

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viewers from around the world got to

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experience the entire weekend's

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festivities over live stream on the

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ground . Visitors had the opportunity

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to get up close with over two dozen

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static aircraft displays including the

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KC 10 KC 46 and B 52 bomber . Two

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hangars were dedicated to this year's

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Steam Expo and featured a robotics

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competition and a visit from nasa's Gun

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Research Center . This year's aerial

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performance featured legacy aircraft

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such as the P 51 Swamp Fox T six ,

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Texan and T 33 shooting star . We saw

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breathtaking skydiving displays from

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the misty blues , all female jump team

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and the United States Army Golden

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Knights . We also saw aerial

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demonstrations by the United States

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Coast Guard as well as customs and

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border protection and showcased the

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pride of Selfridge with an aerial

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refueling demo between the KC 135

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strata tanker and the A 10 thunderbolt

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tube Warthog aerobatic performances by

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the Royal Canadian Air Force Hornet

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checkmate demo team and Navy F-18 . And

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each day of flying ended with a

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headlining performance from the United

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States Air Force Thunderbirds . This

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weekend would not be possible if not

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for all of our volunteers , sponsors

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performers and most of all the

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Southeast Michigan community who helped

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make us your hometown Air Force . We

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hope you enjoyed this year's air show

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and we look forward to seeing you back

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here next time .