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Shaffer
10-21-02, 03:52 PM
SAN DIEGO ---- All eyes turned skyward Saturday as jets and other aircraft cut through the air and performed daredevil aerial stunts for the second day of the three-day air show at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station.

From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, jets roared above the hundreds of thousands of spectators who came to watch the dozens of military and civilian performers, including the famous Navy Blue Angels, who took to the sky late in the afternoon.

Fiery explosions rocked the airfield as F-16 fighters swooped in low for a simulated attack. Lumbering KC-130 tankers refueled Marine helicopters in midair above the crowd. Antique "Red Baron" aircraft spun and stalled and painted the sky with plumes of smoke.

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