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The 171st Air Refueling Wing hosts the U. S. Air Force's premiere performance team "Tops in Blue" September 10 at the Moon Park Amphitheater located in Moon Township, PA. One of our very own, Pittsburgh native and Pennsylvania Air National Guard member, Lisa Weiss, is part of the elite Tops in Blue team this year. Airman 1st Class Lisa Weiss from the 171 ARW was selected from hundreds of applicants and by means of vigorous tryouts to be part of the Tops in Blue team. The Tops in Blue team travels the world and puts on professional performances across the globe every year for deployed military members as well as civilian communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ann Young) (Released)
The 171st Air Refueling Wing hosts the U. S. Air Force's premiere performance team "Tops in Blue" September 10 at the Moon Park Amphitheater located in Moon Township, PA. One of our very own, Pittsburgh native and Pennsylvania Air National Guard member, Lisa Weiss, is part of the elite Tops in Blue team this year. Airman 1st Class Lisa Weiss from the 171 ARW was selected from hundreds of applicants and by means of vigorous tryouts to be part of the Tops in Blue team. The Tops in Blue team travels the world and puts on professional performances across the globe every year for deployed military members as well as civilian communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ann Young) (Released)
The 171st Air Refueling Wing hosts the U. S. Air Force's premiere performance team "Tops in Blue" September 10 at the Moon Park Amphitheater located in Moon Township, PA. One of our very own, Pittsburgh native and Pennsylvania Air National Guard member, Lisa Weiss, is part of the elite Tops in Blue team this year. Airman 1st Class Lisa Weiss from the 171 ARW was selected from hundreds of applicants and by means of vigorous tryouts to be part of the Tops in Blue team. The Tops in Blue team travels the world and puts on professional performances across the globe every year for deployed military members as well as civilian communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ann Young) (Released)
The 171st Air Refueling Wing hosts the U. S. Air Force's premiere performance team "Tops in Blue" September 10 at the Moon Park Amphitheater located in Moon Township, PA. One of our very own, Pittsburgh native and Pennsylvania Air National Guard member, Lisa Weiss, is part of the elite Tops in Blue team this year. Airman 1st Class Lisa Weiss from the 171 ARW was selected from hundreds of applicants and by means of vigorous tryouts to be part of the Tops in Blue team. The Tops in Blue team travels the world and puts on professional performances across the globe every year for deployed military members as well as civilian communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ann Young) (Released)
2/4/2011 - PITTSBURGH -- Christina Aguilera will not be the only Pittsburgh-native performing in the Super Bowl pregame show Sunday. Airman 1st Class Lisa Weiss, a Pittsburgh resident and member of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, will perform "America the Beautiful" with the Air Force's premiere performance group Tops in Blue.
Tops in Blue is a team comprised of more than 30 Airmen serving as vocalists, musicians and technicians who travel the world performing for deployed military members and civilian communities. The group has performed multiple times in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past six months.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Weiss enlisted in the 171st Air Refueling Wing in 2007 as a member of the services flight. She was selected for Tops in Blue in January 2010 and has been touring since May. After a September performance in Pittsburgh, the Super Bowl will be another opportunity for Weiss sing for her hometown, but now it's on a much bigger stage.
"Not many Steelers fans get a chance to go and see their team play in the Super Bowl, and I am lucky enough to experience it from the field," Weiss said.
