Template:Infobox recurring event AirShow San Diego (formerly Wings over Gillespie) was an air show usually held during the first weekend of June at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California. It was conducted by the San Diego wing (Air Group One) of the Commemorative Air Force.<ref name= AG1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name= SDCNC>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is a regular stop for many "warbirds" that make the airshow circuit each year, including the CAF's B-17 Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey. In recent years the air show has shown a larger number of flying demonstrations at what was at one time a mostly static air show.
File:Cockpit of V-22 Osprey.jpg Cockpit of a V-22 Osprey at the 2012 airshow |
File:Avenger at 2012 Wings over Gillespe.jpg Grumman TBF Avenger on the tarmac at the 2012 airshow |
Gillespie Field is also the home of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex. Housing their restoration department and auxiliary display of their extended collection of military aircraft and Atlas ICBM missile.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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