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2025 Yuma Airshow will go on as scheduled Saturday after Senate passes spending bill

Those performing in the 2025 Yuma Airshow held final run throughs at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Friday, March 14, 2025.
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Those performing in the 2025 Yuma Airshow held final run throughs at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Friday, March 14, 2025.

(The above interview originally aired on KAWC on March 7, 2025.)

If you were hoping for the 2025 Yuma Airshow to be held this Saturday, you can breath a sigh of relief.

Plans have been made for this year's show for months but it could have been cancelled if the federal government went into a shutdown this Friday evening.

However, the U.S. Senate did approve a short-term spending bill on Friday to keep the government open through the end of September.

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, which hosts the annual airshow, depends on federal funding.

Capt. Owen VanWyck, COMMSTRAT director for MCAS Yuma, and Joseph Gonzales from Marine Corps Community Services recently visited the KAWC studios to preview the 2025 Yuma Airshow.

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Scroll down to see KAWC's coverage of the Yuma Airshow over the years.

Victor is originally from West Sacramento, California and has lived in Arizona for more than five years. He began his print journalism career in 2004 following his graduation from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Victor has been a reporter for the following daily newspapers: The Monterey County Herald, The Salinas Californian and the Reno Gazette-Journal, where he covered stories including agriculture, education and Latino community news. Victor has also served as a local editor for Patch, a national news organization with hyperlocal websites, in Carmichael, California in the Sacramento area. He also served as the editor for The New Vision, the newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which includes Yuma and La Paz counties. Victor lives in Somerton. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and following most sports.
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