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TPS softball team a hit at air show kickoff

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Edwards AFB, Calif.

LANCASTER, Calif.—Students and Air Force photographs by Kenji Thuloweit
staff from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot
School at Edwards Air Force Base stepped Above: Capt. Stephen Kennedy, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Class
up to the plate March 18 to help welcome 15B, connects on a pitch against the U.S. Navy Blue Angels team March 18.
the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels to the Ante- The TPS team defeated the Blue Angels team 9-0. The game was part of a
lope Valley. kickoff event to the 2016 L.A. County Air Show, which took place in Lancaster
March 19-20. Above Right: Capt. Gregory Marcus, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot
The Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squad- School, tosses a softball signed by both TPS and Blue Angels players into the
ron was in town ahead of the 2016 L.A. stands during a game break March 18 at The Hangar in Lancaster. Right:
County Air Show where they served as the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School players shake hands with members of the
main attraction during the two-day weekend U.S. Navy Blue Angels team following a friendly softball game March 18 at
event. The Hangar in Lancaster. The game was part of a kickoff event to the 2016
L.A. County Air Show.
Air show organizers invited the TPS
team to play the Blue Angels team in a
friendly three-inning softball game at The
Hangar in Lancaster, which is home to the
Lancaster JetHawks minor league baseball
team.

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show kickoff evening at the stadium that
also featured Hawaiian dancers, local food
vendors and music.

The TPS team jumped on the Blue An-
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ning and went on their way to defeating the
Navy team 9-0.

During the game, both TPS players and
Blue Angels tossed signed softballs into the
stands for the fans.

Immediately following the game, air
show participants, including the Blue
Angels team and pilots, stood around the
pitcher’s mound and were introduced to
the crowd.

The L.A. County Air Show was held at
General William J. Fox Field March 19-20.

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