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A Texas-sized “Thank You” to our Austin Event Team & sponsors who supported the American Heroes Air Show, part of the annual admission-free Texas Military Forces Open House at Camp Mabry in the heart of Austin, Texas.
Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols Texas Adjutant General
LTC John L. Davis Texas Military Forces - Camp Mabry Liaison
Wut “Tank” Tantaksinanukij Austin PD Kurt Rothert Austin PD Brian Johnson Volunteer, Event Advisor
James Paules Volunteer, Event Producer
The American Heroes Air Show is produced in communities across the
nation by volunteers with a passion for aviation, public safety and community
service.
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Join us next year in Texas
Camp Mabry April 18 & 19, 2015
www.Heroes—Airshow .Com
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A I R S H O W At the
TEXAS MILITARY FORCES OPEN HOUSE
Event Year Book
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Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF Open House & American Heroes Air Show
Event Yearbook Welcome & Event Opening
"On behalf of the more than 25,000 members of the Texas Mili-tary Forces, thank you for visiting with us at Camp Mabry dur-
ing our Open House weekend. This annual event allows us to strengthen our community partnerships, to honor past sacri-
fices and build capability for the future. It was also an opportunity to recognize those who selflessly serve in our
communities, state and nation." Texas Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. John. F. Nichols
Above, Texas Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols welcomes the community during the Opening Ceremonies at historic Camp Mabry in the heart of Austin, Texas.
Right, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell is seated prior to the Opening Ceremony with Mr. Rich-ard Overton ( right ) 108 year old Austin native and the oldest living WW II veteran.
Right , Austin Po-
lice Chief Art
Acevedo welcomes
the community
during Saturday’s
Opening Ceremony
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The American Heroes Aviation Network is proud to be an Affiliate member of HAI and participate in a mission to educate the community as to the value of helicopters’ service.
Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF Open House & American Heroes Air Show
Event Yearbook Aircraft Presentation
Austin PD—Air Operations on short final ap-proach to Camp Mabry
See more video of this rescue demo from TXMF + pix at: Facebook .com /Amer i canHeroesA i rShows
All photos on this page courtesy of Jose Fernandez
Above, the crew from Austin / Travis CO. STARFlight arrives at Camp Mabry in their Bell UH-1H “Huey” equipped for fire suppression work.
Austin PD—Air Operations EC-135 arrives at the American Heroes Air Show—Camp Mabry
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Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF Open House & American Heroes Air Show
Event Yearbook American Veterans Traveling Tribute
The AVTT team has been a
key part of our Texas event
for many years. AVTT
tours the nation with their
80% scale replica of the
Vietnam Memorial Wall to
remind communities the
true cost of Freedom. The
AVTT’s “Gold Dog Tags”
presentation delivers an
emotionally graphic view of
the cost of fighting the
global war on terror.
Contact [email protected] to find out how you can schedule the Cost of Free-dom Tribute into your community
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Napalm MotorSports provides key financial and escort support to bring the AVTT team to Camp Mabry /
American Heroes Air Show
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Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF Open House & American Heroes Air Show Event Yearbook USCIS Naturalization Ceremony
For the fifth year it is our privi-lege to team up with the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services—San Antonio FO to
host a special Naturalization Ceremony in front of the AVTT
replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Twenty two candi-dates—many active duty U.S.
Navy— from 12 different coun-tries of origin spent their first
day as U.S. Citizens at the American Heroes Air Show ...
Below from left: Ms. Ariel Herrera, Evan Herrera and Ms. Payton Keller after the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Evan and Ms. Herrera and Keller concluded the Naturalization Ceremony with the National Anthem.
Local Austin news interviews a new U.S. Citizen at Camp Mabry
Above from left, Hon. Mark Lane, U.S. Magistrate Judge; Mark Cornyn, U.S. Senator—Texas; Joel A. Roos, Capt. U.S. Navy; Mike Martinez, Austin City Councilmember; Art Acevedo, Austin Police Chief; Don Allen, CEO—American Veterans’ Traveling Tribute and Eric Holman, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—San Antonio
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Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF Open House & American Heroes Air Show Event Yearbook Missing in America Project / MIAP 2014 was our very first year to wel-come the Missing In America Project
to Camp Mabry. MIAP is a national non-profit whose mission is to
locate, identify and recover the aban-doned, cremated remains of U.S.
military Veterans and host a memorial service and appropriate internment for these American
Heroes.
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It was an emotional scene as members of the Texas Military Forces stood at attention and rendered honors as the cremated remains of U.S. Veterans entered Camp Mabry.
Our thanks to Fred Salanti, MIAP Executive Director;
Linda Smith, National VP and Chap-lain Warren Wurzburger, Texas
Director and the entire MIAP team. Photos courtesy of Wut Tantaksinanukij
The beautiful hearse was provided by Steven Bradley with Greater Texas Livery
www.GTLMotorcycleHearse.com
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The CODE3 Career Expo element of the American Heroes Air Show offers
free presentation space to public recruiting teams to educate the commu-
nity about careers in law enforcement, aviation, public safety, homeland
security and the military.
Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF Open House & American Heroes Air Show
Event Yearbook CODE3 Career Expo
Land at our Facebook page for more pix + videos ! Facebook.com/AmericanHeroesAirShows
The Austin P.D. Recruiting provides a demo with the K-9 team while Austin F.D. is on-scene with career info
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It was a full weekend of
American Heroes as enthu-siastic re-enactors staged
mock maneuvers from well-known military campaigns.
Complete with era accurate uniforms, vehicles and
weapons, these folks showed the guests what
American Heroes looked like 60 years ago.
Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF Open House & American Heroes Air Show
Event Yearbook Battle Re-enactments & Demonstrations
Jeff Hunt, Director
of the Texas Military
Forces Museum,
welcomes guests
and provides back-
ground and context
for the re-created
battles the guests
are about to be a
part of …
Te x a s M i l i t a r y Fo r c e s M u s e u m . o r g
Re-enactors render honors during the Missing In America Memorial Service Sunday morning at Camp Mabry.
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Austin, Texas 2014 TXMF OPEN HOUSE & American Heroes Air Show
Event Yearbook The HEROES Air Show Team
From left: TX Military Forces Adjutant General Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols; James Paules, Ashlee Earley, Texas State Representative Jose Menendez, Linda Smith and Chaplain Warren Wurzburger with the Missing In America Project.
Napalm Motorcycles rides in as one of our key legacy sponsors.
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Left; Wut
Tantaksina-
nukij and Ms.
Laura Lopez,
Camp Mabry
PIO, take a
break during
the flight
demos.
Above, Founder and CEO of the Ameri-can Veterans’ Traveling Tribute, Don Allen [ seated ] with Brian Johnson during the Naturalization Ceremonies w w w .A V T T . o r g
Our thanks also to
LTC John L .
Davis and
Colonel David W.
Madden for their
outstanding work
on this admission-
free event.
Our sincere appreciation to Titus Runyan & the entire Napalm MotorSports team for their financial support again this year.
K e y 2 0 1 4 e v e n t t e a m i n c l u d e s [ L t o R ] C o r p o r a l W u t T a n t a k s i n a n u k i j , A u s t i n P D , . J a m e s P a u l e s , A m e r i c a n H e r o e s A v i a t i o n N e t w o r k ; L t . K u r t R o t h e r t , A u s t i n P D , B r i a n J o h n s o n
a n d S P O D e n n i s F a r r i s , A u s t i n P D .
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Austin, Texas 2014 American Heroes Air Show
Event Yearbook Final Notes
The American Heroes Air Show is the nation’s premier admission – free, helicopter-only aviation experi-ence produced by volunteers from coast-to-coast with a passion for aviation and public service. The American Heroes Air Show is produced by the Ameri-can Heroes Aviation Network Inc. A 501 c.3 non profit organization. Tax ID 38-3753041
The American Heroes Air Show event promise: Safety for guests, participants and volunteers will be first priority The American Heroes Air Show is admission free at all event sites. The Heroes Air Show will not be associated with organizations that
produce / distribute alcohol or tobacco products.
Across the country many of our fans with cameras and video equipment post their work on the internet. Jeff Lee with Live Air Show TV provides several exciting profiles of the Austin event on their website www.LiveAirShowTV.com
Go to www.dvidshub.net or www.Photobucket.com and search box for “CAMP MABRY“ several hundred pix are now up from various photographers that have visited our events from coast to coast. KXAN TV report on the Heroes event at Camp Mabry. KTBC / FOX TX report from Camp Mabry
Contact Information James D. Paules Jr. Mobile ( 818 ) 631-8132 Fax ( 818 ) 347-4577 Email: Jim @ Heroes-Airshow.com
Facebook .com /Amer i canHeroesA i rShows