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The US Air Force Thunderbirds added the Irish colors to the flag panel on their red, white, and blue F-16s to honor their first visit to the Emerald Isle on 24 June. The panel, located near the canopy, is a display of each flag of the nations where the aerial demonstration team has performed during its fifty-four year history. The show at Galway, Ireland, attended by more than 100,000 people, was one of nine performances in six countries on the team ' s 2007 European Goodwill Tour. The seventy-Airman team also performed in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, France, and England, all within a five-week period.
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