There are usually sorties every day that is good flying weather, and during the winter, of course, the Thunderbirds practice. Sometimes, I'm lucky enough to see them. It's all awesome!
I am SO jealous!
Back when I worked at NASA, I took part of one Friday afternoon off to go watch the Blue Angels practice at Moffett Field (Mountain View CA) for the weekend's airshow. Sat right alongside the runway, couldn't have had a better seat.
Very thrilling, but I guess I didn't have enough of the necessary Right Stuff to become a fighter pilot (or any other kind). Then again, I became an engineer -- not much public glory, but I bet if you threw anything as simple as a Karnaugh Map at those folks they'd stall out in a flash. *\;-)