25 Years of Honoring & Remembering

2013 Airshow Events
Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26, 2013
9:00 AM Buses start from Hearnes Center Parking Lot and Jefferson City Airport.
9:30 AM Gates Open at Airshow
Flight of the Kansas City Dawn Patrol "Flying Circus" in WWI Airplanes
The US All Veteran Parachute Team and the Canadian Forces Parachute Team: The Skyhawks, officially open the show with the United States and Canadian National Anthems.
USN WWII SNJ-Texan Aerobatic Demonstration
WWII P-51D Mustang "Gunfighter" Aerobatic Demonstration
Heritage Flight Pass of the P-51 Mustang "Gunfighter" and the WWII B-25 Mitchell Bomber
University of Missouri ROTC Tri-Service Pershing Rifles Drill Team
USA Ft. Leonard Wood K-9 Corps Demonstration
Salute to the Nation Solemn Ceremony:
dot8.gif (827 bytes) National Anthems of the United States and Canada
dot8.gif (827 bytes) 21-Gun Salute by the VFW Post 280 Firing Party
dot8.gif (827 bytes) Reading of the 225+ names from the Veterans Memorials at the Boone County Courthouse, honoring those Veterans from WWI to the present, who gave their lives in service to their Country.
dot8.gif (827 bytes) Honored Guests, Tuskegee Airmen, WASP Reunion Groups, march to Show Central,  led by the Boone County Fire Protection District Bagpipers
dot8.gif (827 bytes) Introduction of Honored Guests and Reunion Groups
dot8.gif (827 bytes) Bagpipers Concert
The Canadian Forces Parachute Team: The Skyhawks Performance
WWII B-13 Vultee "Valiant Echoes" Aerobatic Demonstration
"Trojan Phlyers" 1-ship T28B Aerobatic Demonstration
"AeroShell" 4-ship AT-6 Aerobatic Demonstration Team
The US All Veteran Parachute Team and the Canadian Forces Parachute Team: The Skyhawks, close the Airshow with a mass free fall and Parachute Combined Jump
3:30 PM Flying Events Concluded
 

Monday, May 27, 2013
9:55 AM 25th Annual Quarter Century Salute to Veterans Parade - Downtown Columbia, "Jump-Started" by the US All Veteran Parachute Team and the Canadian Forces Parachute Team: The Skyhawks, bringing the American and Canadian Flags in to Broadway.
10:45 AM Military Ceremony - Boone County Courthouse Veterans Memorials.
Columbia Community Band, Wreaths placed, Speech by the Ranking Military Honored Guest, introduction of Tuskegee Airmen, WASP, and the Veterans and Military Recruiters on the Platform.
Service Songs; "Amazing Grace" by the Bagpipers; 21-Gun Salute and Echo Taps to end the 25th Annual, 6-Day Salute to Veterans Celebration.
Colonel Robert Leeker, AirBoss
Colonel Robert Leeker, AirBoss. USAF, Ret. Wing Commander, 131st Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MOANG, Ret.. Awarded the Bronze Star for ground combat as commander of Kirkuk Regional Air Base. Flew a variety of military aircraft including the F-15 Eagle in Iraq. Final flight upon retirement was as a pilot in the B-2's.

Captain Ted Jacobs, Assistant AirBoss. USNR, Ret. 26+ years in the USN and USNR flying the P-3 Orion; then a pilot with SouthWest Airlines, Ret.

Randall (Randy) Clark, Ramp Boss and Assistant AirBoss. He is the Vice President and General Manager of Central Missouri Aviation, our FBO at Columbia Regional Airport and this is his 24th year as a volunteer.

Commander Ken Hines, Voice of the Airshow. USCGR, Ret. He served 27 years and is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, and participated in the massive USCG response to Hurricane Katrina.