Overview
- The two-day festival at Las Palmas in Surco, which ran Saturday and Sunday, featured the U.S. Air Force Viper Demo Team flying F-16s in high-speed aerobatic shows.
- Program highlights included the Escuadrilla Acrobática Bicolor flying five Game Bird aircraft, a coordinated jump by 50 parachutists, and combat search-and-rescue and insertion–extraction drills.
- Visitors toured ground exhibits of drones and military gear, took free city overflights on a C-27J Spartan, and entered with prior online registration and a physical national ID.
- Crowd size remains unclear, with La República reporting 25,000–30,000 people over the event and Diario Correo stating more than 100,000 across the weekend.
- The show honored Captain José Abelardo Quiñones and served as public outreach for the Air Force, with international participation underscoring U.S.–Peru defense ties.