The Miramar Air Show — known as the largest display of military aircraft in the nation — has been grounded one more year by concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
The show, which often draws more than half a million guests, was planned for Sept. 24-26 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
Col. Charles Dockery, commanding officer of MCAS Miramar, suspended this fall’s event and instead planning will start for 2022.
“There are a great many risks involved with a gathering on the scale of our air show,” he wrote in a statement on Thursday, May 6. “MCAS Miramar has always prioritized our community’s safety throughout the pandemic, beginning the moment we hosted evacuees from Wuhan to our daily operations delivering national defense, and this decision is no different.”
This year would have marked the air show’s 60th year. It traditionally includes both static displays of aircraft from the Marine Corps, Navy, Army, Air Force and the civilian world, as well as live flying demonstrations.
A highlight is always the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron.
Huntington Beach city officials recently said the famed jet team has already confirmed it will participate in The Great Pacific Airshow hosted along the shore there. That show is currently planned for the first week of October and will feature historic warplanes and others who will fly daredevil stunts over the Pacific Ocean.
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