MTV airs reality show episode taped at March Air Reserve Base

Professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and Air Force Reserve F-16 pilot Maj. Jason Smith are ready to talk to the cameras just minutes after landing at March ARB Sept. 10. Dyrdek, the star of MTV’s reality television program Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, spent much of the week preparing for the flight. With Dyrdek in the rear seat of the F-16, Major Smith executed a refueling with a KC-135 from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron while Dyrdek’s co-star, Chris “Drama” Pfaff, watched from the boom pod.

Fantasy Flight

Professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and Air Force Reserve F-16 pilot Maj. Jason Smith are ready to talk to the cameras just minutes after landing at March Air Reserve Base, Sept. 10, 2009. Dyrdek, the star of MTV’s reality television program "Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory," spent much of the week preparing for the flight. With Dyrdek in the rear seat of the F-16, Major Smith executed a refueling with a 336th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker while Dyrdek’s co-star, Chris “Drama" Pfaff, aboard the KC-135, watched from the boom pod.

Rob Dyrdek scheduled to appear at AirFest 2010

Published April 16, 2010
By 452 AMW
452 AMW

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIF. -- Rob Dyrdek, professional skateboarder and MTV celebrity, is scheduled to meet his fans at March Air Reserve Base's AIrFest 2010 which will take to the skies on May 1 and 2.

AirFest 2010 is open to the public and admission and parking are free. The base is located in Riverside County.

Gates open at 8 a.m. and the first performance is at approximately 9 a.m. The Patriot Jet Demonstration Team and the F-22 Raptor will be the highlight of the March Air Reserve Base air show. This will be the Jet Teams only Southern California appearance and their first appearance at the base. The Patriots L-39s electrifies spectators with fast paced formation flying, choreographed four-ship diamond formation aerobatic maneuvers and their signature "Tail Slide" where the aircraft actually slides backwards toward the ground, something not performed by any other jet demonstration team. The F-22, the Air Force's newest aircraft, returns to perform their precision aerial maneuvers which demonstrate the unique capabilities of the world's only operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft.

AirFest 2010 will also feature performances by five individual aerial acrobatics performers as well as military aircraft demonstration, historic aircraft performances and static aircraft displays.

For the full Air Fest 2010 schedule, visit http://www.marchfieldairfest.com/general-information/schedule.