Air show 'thank you' to community

The first Wings Over Cannon air show since 2018 was set to take place Saturday, and the News caught up with organizers at their rehearsal day Friday morning.

Col. Brent Greer is the vice wing commander of the 27th Special Operations Wing, and he said he has overseen the planning and now execution of the air show.

The planning for the show goes way back, according to Greer. "At least nine months since I've been here, we started planning the safety aspects of this air show," he said.

Greer said his top priority is making sure everyone, those in the air and those watching on the ground, are safe.

Why have an air show in the first place? Greer said it's a way to tell the community, "Thank you."

"This base kind of sits off to the side. And you know that we're doing things out here, but you don't really know what and a lot of folks haven't seen the airplanes up close," Greer said.

Capt. Jacob Weiner, pilot and director of the air show, agreed and he's excited to see the community back on the base.

In a previous interview with the News, Weiner said, "The air show gives the community the opportunity to see what those on base do on a day-to-day basis."

There was plenty to do, indeed. The airshow featured everything from aircraft in the air to static displays on the ground for up-close inspection.

The headliner of this year's airshow was the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team, which is based out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

"To be able to show off our people and the great work that they do and the great people that they are, that's very fulfilling," Greeer said.

"And for the community to feel more connected to us and understand what we do a little bit better."