Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadets and Senior Members from the Lackland Cadet Squadron (SWR-TX-007)
were among more than 260,000 people who attended the 2008 Lackland AirFest. Adding to the excitement
were the Navy Blue Angels, who performed for the first time at Lackland/Kelly Field Annex at
Port San Antonio. Senior Members in attendance were Maj Robert Howard, 2d Lt Vicki Jewel, 2d Lt Nancy Kerr,
and 2d Lt Jeff Barton who effortlessly passed CAP information out to as many people as their
hands could allow! The cadets from the Lackland Squadron were also in attendance raising awareness
about the Civil Air Patrol by catching the attention of thousands as some of their Honor Guardsmen
performed high-speed and dangerous rifle movement routines to include long range tosses and exchanges,
over the head aerials and also never before seen precision routines. Cadets who attended were
C/Amn Andrew Guevara, C/2d Lt Kris Kerr, C/1st Lt Colleen Rojas C/Lt Col Gus Rojas, C/Amn Ryan Barton and C/AIC Taylor Barton.
The Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team was the main highlight of the entire weekend.
The Blue Angels’ aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet is the first dual-role fighter and attack aircraft.
The Blue Angels are stationed at Forrest Sherman Field Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.
Other aerial demonstrations included performances by the F-15E Strike Eagle, the F-16 Fighting
Falcon and the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier which demonstrated the ability to take-off or land vertically
or on short runways. The Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-22 Raptor demonstration is the Air
Force’s newest fighter. Other performances included the Army parachute-jumping Golden Knights
team, and the Tora! Tora! Tora!, a re-enactmentof Pearl Harbor. Other activities included military
working dog demonstrations, displays showcasing some of the top weapons systems and vehicles from all of the services.
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