{"id":3703,"date":"2026-03-31T03:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/?p=3703"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:45:02","slug":"practice-flights-begin-for-the-fidae-air-show-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/?p=3703","title":{"rendered":"PRACTICE FLIGHTS BEGIN FOR THE FIDAE AIR SHOW 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ASIM, Mar 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program began with a demonstration of F-16 MLU, F-5, and F-16 Block 50 fighter jets. The &#8220;Blue Berets&#8221; Parachute Squadron also performed, jumping from a DHC-6 Twin Otter, as did the &#8220;Falcons&#8221; High Aerobatics Squadron, who performed their routine with their super-maneuverable GB1 Gamebirds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crews of the A-29B Super Tucano, the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and Aviation Commandos also practiced together, simulating a Combat Search and Rescue (C-SAR) operation and a Close Air Support (CAS) mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, which will be repeated on Tuesday, March 31, also featured a demonstration by the UH-412 helicopter, simulating a Forest Fire Fighting (CIF) operation, by dropping nearly 1,000 liters of water with the Bambi Bucket system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52-1024x796.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52-1024x796.png 1024w, https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASIM, Mar 30 The program began with a demonstration of F-16 MLU, F-5, and F-16 Block 50 fighter jets. The &#8220;Blue Berets&#8221; Parachute Squadron also performed, jumping from a DHC-6 Twin Otter, as did the &#8220;Falcons&#8221; High Aerobatics Squadron, who performed their routine with their super-maneuverable GB1 Gamebirds. The crews of the A-29B Super Tucano, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3705,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703\/revisions\/3705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airshowsinternationalmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}