Japan air force's acrobatic flight show

FUKUOKA, Japan - People watch a performance by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse acrobatic flight team during a festival at the ASDF's Ashiya Air Base in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2011, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the base. The Blue Impulse, based at tsunami-hit Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, were not hit by the March 11 tsunami as the team was at the Ashiya base since March 10 to perform in an event.

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