The 2002 Neptune festival held at NAS Oceana was by far the best show for the 2002 season. It consisted of a wide variety of civilian and military performers. I would like to thank Troy Snead and all of the personnel of the Public Affairs Office for their wonderful hospitality.
Flying stated at 8:30 and ended at 4:00. That did not include four hours of the twilight show Friday, and the beach blast Saturday night.
Performer list was long and AWESOME! F-14 East Coast Demo
Team, F-16 East Coast Demo Team, A-10 East Coast Demo Team (not too many other
shows have three demo teams), four ship heritage flight, F-14, F/A-18, Fleet
Fly-by, CF-18 East Coast Demo Team, Red Devils, Golden Knights, AH-64 Demo, Bill
Leef T-6 Demo, Capt. Dale "Snort" Snodgrass in his F-86, & Corsair, Patty
Wagstaff, Jim Leroy "Bulldog", Ian Groom, Sean Tucker, Dan Buchanan, Shockwave,
Many Warbirds, P-3 Orion Demo, Rich's Incredible Pyro, The Canadian Snowbirds,
and
last
but far from least the United States Navy Blue Angels.
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