page_title: Miramar Air Show
section_title: MAGTF Demo
hierarchical_section_title: Miramar Air Show / MAGTF Demo
caption_attribution_description: English: San Diego (Oct. 14, 2006) – Two CH-46 Sea Knights land on the flight line of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar during a demonstration of how a Marine Air-Ground Task Force responds when called upon during the Miramar Air show. The Miramar Air Show is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and is part of the San Diego Fleet Week, a month long celebration of southern California’s Navy and Marine Corps personnel. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kelly R. Chase (RELEASED)
context_page_description: The Miramar Air Show is an annual air show held at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. The three-day event is the largest military air show in the United States, with total annual attendance estimated at 700,000. The show is held in October each year. The 2011 show was the 56th edition of the event, and celebrated the 100th anniversary of naval aviation. In 2007, the Miramar Air Show was voted the "World's Best Military Air Show" by the International Council of Air Shows, the first time the award was given to a Marine Corps air station since 1994.
  The show includes a large selection of "static" displays representing aircraft from the United States Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force, as well as civilian and historic military aircraft. Numerous commercial vendors, recruiting displays representing all of the United States armed forces, area law enforcement recruiters, civilian flight organizations and a business and franchise fair are also on site.
  The show's daily performance schedule includes military and civilian aircraft, usually highlighted by the U.S.
context_section_description: A major element of each year's show is the MAGTF Demo, a simulated assault by numerous Marine Corps units that demonstrates the air, ground and logistical elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force.  The demonstration is performed each day of the show and features an array of fixed-wing, helicopter and tilt-rotor aircraft—F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier jets, CH-53E Super Stallion, AH-1 Cobra and UH-1Y Venom helicopters, the MV-22 Osprey, and KC-130 Hercules tankers—all in the air simultaneously. The Hornet and Harrier jets take turns flying simulated attack runs and demonstrate mid-air refueling with the KC-130. The MV-22 Ospreys also demonstrate refueling, then deliver Marine Corps ground troops to the airfield, while the Cobra gunships simulate attack and air cover roles. (The MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft joined the MAGTF demo in 2010 and replaced the CH-46 Sea Knight entirely in 2014 as the aircraft was phased out of the Marine Corps inventory.) The UH-1 delivers a team of Marine infantry via a fast-rope insertion, where they simulate calling in a naval artillery barrage, then retrieves them in a Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction maneuver. On the ground, Marine infantry simulate an advance on an enemy position, joined by M-1 Abrams tanks, Light Armored Vehicles and Humvees. Throughout the demonstration the attacks are punctuated by controlled pyrotechnic explosions, culminating in a "wall of fire" detonation. An air and ground review concludes each performance.
caption: U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters land during the MAGTF demo at the MCAS Miramar Air Show
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