Mideast Air Show Draws Big Turnout
Two U.S. Navy F-18 Hornet aircraft displayed precision flying Thursday to mark the closing of one of the largest air shows ever in the Middle East.
More than 200 exhibitors from around the world displayed aircraft and aviation technology during the five-day International Aerospace Exhibition in this Persian Gulf emirate.
Combat aircraft were flown in by the United States, Britain, France and Italy. China presented a display of weapons that included tanks and artillery.
The Hornets were from the Constellation, an aircraft carrier in the north Arabian Sea.
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