SAN DIEGO
After three years at the helm of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Col. Charles Dockery’s stint as commanding officer came to an end Friday morning at a ceremony on the base.
Since taking charge of the San Diego air station in 2018, Dockery has overseen historic missions on the base, including the integration of F-35C fighters and the quarantine of U.S. evacuees from Wuhan, China, as the pandemic began impacting American life.
On Feb. 5, 2020, weeks before lockdowns, mask mandates and hundreds of thousands of U.S. deaths, 167 Americans landed on Miramar’s flightline to begin a two-week quarantine on the base. Miramar was one of a handful of U.S. military bases picked to host evacuees from China at the time.
U.S. Navy flight demonstration team The Blue Angels perform a flyover above graduating Midshipmen during the United States Naval Academy 2014 Class graduation and commissioning ceremonies at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Luis . more > By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times - Monday, May 10, 2021
The Navy’s Blue Angels won’t be thrilling crowds in San Diego with their death-defying aerial acrobatics this year because concern over COVID-19 prompted Marine Corps officials to cancel the world’s largest airshow.
The Miramar Air Show had been scheduled for Sept. 24-26 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. In past years, it has been one of the largest public events in San Diego, drawing as many as 500,000 guests and spectators from around the world.
The Miramar Air Show Has Been Canceled Again This Year
A U.S. Army Soldier with the Golden Knights Parachute Team lands after performing aerobatics during the 2016 Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar. (U.S. Marine Corps/Corporal Jessica Y. Lucio)
8 May 2021 Orange County Register | By Erika I. Ritchie
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.
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