October 8, 2024

Miramar Air Show – Full fireworks show in 4k

MCAS Miramar air show 2015. San Diego, California fireworks show in 4k.

Thia was recorded with a GoPro Hero4 Black edition in 4k @ 30fps.

We will have a separate video out shortly just of the ‘wall of fire’ pyrotechnic display which happened just after the fireworks show and is the conclusion of the twilight Miramar San Diego, California air show.

*WARNING – Just for our liberal/progressive viewers – A 20111 Harvard University study found that July 4th parades/patriotic fireworks shows can energize and turn kids into Republicans. This video has patriotic music with the fireworks.   *WARNING - 

For those of you who may be interested in further information about the San Diego California Miramar base, the following information was obtained from Wikipedia:

During the heyday of TOPGUN at NAS Miramar, the station was nicknamed “Fightertown USA”.

 

In 1993, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended that Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and Marine Corps Air Station Tustin be closed down and that NAS Miramar be transferred to the Marine Corps. BRAC also recommended that all Navy Pacific Fleet F-14 aircraft and squadrons (with the exception of those assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 in Japan) and Pacific Fleet F-14 training be consolidated with the Atlantic Fleet and be relocated to NAS Oceana, Virginia. BRAC recommended that Pacific Fleet E-2C training be consolidated with Atlantic Fleet E-2C training at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, that all Pacific Fleet E-2C aircraft and squadrons (with the exception of those assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 in Japan) be relocated to NAS Point Mugu, California and that the Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and Navy Reserve adversary squadron VFC-13 be relocated to NAS Fallon, Nevada.

In 1999, MCAS El Toro and MCAS Tustin were closed and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing returned to Miramar when it officially became Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. On October 1, 1997, Colonel Thomas A. Caughlan became the first Marine commanding officer of MCAS Miramar since World War II. Caughlan was also the last commanding officer of MCAS Tustin.

In 2005, the BRAC Commission directed instructor pilots and support personnel from Miramar to Eglin AFB in Florida, sufficient to stand up the Marine Corps’ portion of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSF) Training Site. This will lead to an eventual phasing out of Fighter Pilot training at Miramar by 2015 as the F-18s are retired.

In 2006, the San Diego County Proposition A proposed obtaining 3000 acres (12 km²) at MCAS Miramar to develop a commercial airport.The proposition was defeated 62 percent opposed to 38 percent in favor. The public decided that they did not want the military to leave and that the proposed joint use arrangement would increase noise levels to an intolerable level and would interfere with the needs of the military.

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Some of Bob’s additional Miramar air show photos:

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