On Friday, May 2nd more than 3,500 students from Broward's public schools got a sneak peek at the 2003 McDonald's Air & Sea Show. This annual event is a salute to the U.S. Military that takes place on Fort Lauderdale Beach.

This year, 2,500 high school JROTC students & 1,000 middle school students attended the event and got to see firsthand the military equipment and training many of them will be experiencing in the not too distant future.

In addition, the District honored its top JROTC Cadet, Ms. Vu from Pompano Beach High School. On hand for a special presentation to Cadet Kim Vu were members of the U.S. Army's elite Golden Knights parachute team.

While many of the students just happy to look to the the sky to see an F-18 Hornet or a F-14 Tomcat buzz the beach at nearly the speed of sound, many were overheard saying: "Wow, I could do that," or "I can't wait until I'm behind the controls of one of those."