Travis officials expect about 250,000 spectators will attend this year's air show, being billed as Air Expo '98. To reduce the pilot's workload, the Nighthawk uses digital avionics. It was developed during the Cold War to evade Soviet radar detection and bomb the Russian mainland. B-2 enthusiasts say they have given the United States a crucial strategic edge. Travis hosts the annual air show both as a way to promote goodwill for the Air Force while showing the public how their tax dollars are being used.
Admission is free.
Travis gates open at 9 a.m. today and Sunday. For recorded and continuously updated information, telephone the Air Expo '98 hot line at 424-7777. No parent wants their kid to smoke. A life hampered by tobacco addiction can be lethal. But a program to deter tobacco use among teens in Solano County has some parents angry and puzzled.