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I was about to say, I grew up about 10 minutes from here and they were a common sight. Always thrilling to see. IIRC Whiteman has an air show every year where

I was about to say, I grew up about 10 minutes from here and they were a common sight. Always thrilling to see. IIRC Whiteman has an air show every year where you can get "up close" to them.

rootusrootus 5y ago
The best air show I've ever been to was at Will Rogers World Airport in OKC. I figure some of it must be the proximity to Tinker, but also other bases in the area. Back in 95 (could have been 96, but not any later, as I left the area late that year), they brought a B-2 to the show, flew it around the airport for a while, landed it, waited a while so people could get take as many pictures as they wanted, then took off and flew it home. At the same show, they brought an F-117, did the flyby, and landed it. Then taxi'd it over to a static display area so people could get close. I was able to walk underneath it and touch it. As a young airman, I was absolutely floored. And this was in 95 or 96, so we were still really impressed with how exotic these planes were.