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Photos and Text by Paul Bird

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An air show staple, the F-14 Tomcat.  This F-14B from VF-103 was painted to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jolly Rogers.

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The A-10 Thunderbolt II is another air show staple that has renewed interest to the public with the recent conflict in Iraq.  An OV-1 Mohawk can be seen behind the Warthog.

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Here's a beautiful Navy T-45A Goshawk trainer from VT-7.

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Here's a brightly coloured USN Jet Ranger.

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For me this was an awesome sight - an F-86 flying side by side with an F-15C Eagle.  It was dubbed the USAF Heritage Flight.

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Dale "Snort" Snodgrass flew an exciting aerobatic program in his F-86 painted up as one of the Skyblazers, a USAF stunt team in Germany in the 1950's.

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After the performance, Dale Snodgrass taxis his colourful F-86 across the front of an appreciative crowd.

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Can you ever get tired of seeing a B-25 Mitchell in flight?  I think not.

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A beautiful AD-4 Skyraider on static display.  Unfortunately, this aircraft did not fly at the Saturday show.

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After rumbling through the skies with the B-25, this TBM rolls along the flightline so the pilot can wave to the spectators.

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This was the "to the beyond" portion of the show the Joint Strike Fighter.  When parked on the flight line it was difficult to tell that this was only a mock up.  It certainly looks the part.

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In the hangar the next day there was an opportunity to get close to the JSF mock up.  Note the forward-hinged canopy.

MCAS Cherry Point Airshow 2003 Part 1

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