The Southern Heritage Air Foundation’s Best Little Air Show in the World is visiting the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport yet again.

The air show is scheduled for Oct. 14 and 15, and Patty Mekus, the foundation’s president, told the Vicksburg Kiwanis Club Tuesday the organization is gearing up for the fall event.

The show, which happens every other year, drew 7,000 people in 2014, and she said she’s hoping for those same numbers.

“We’ve been having monthly meetings since January, so we’re good to go,” she said.

The air show will feature food, a jet truck, and of course, air planes. Proceeds from the show will benefit the foundation’s partner organization, Warrior Bonfire Program.

Mekus noted that 22 veterans a day commit suicide and the bonfire program was created to reduce those numbers.

“It focuses on the psychological aspect of their healing,” she said. “It’s a great cause to support.”

Tickets will cost $10 per person or $25 per carload, she said.

Of course, the air show isn’t the foundation’s only endeavor. It’s museum aims to share veteran’s stories from their times in the sky.

The stories aren’t always light, but the Southern Heritage Air Foundation aims to share with the public, Mekus said.

Its museum features first-person narratives from local or regional veterans who flew in World War II, the Korean War and others, making for a memorable educational experience, she added.

“Each story in our museum is so cool to hear because it’s told in a first person,” she said. “A lot of these stories are incredible to hear.”

Stories range from pilots being captured by Nazis after their planes went down to the story of a woman who worked on one of the atomic bombs dropped during World War II.

The foundation is funded through an endowment, from which Mekus said it is trying to wean itself.

“If we consistently use money from the endowment, we’ll only be open another five to seven years is to stretch that out for at least 20 years or so,” she said.

To pay for its expenses, the foundation hosts tour groups, school field trips, monthly lunches and tours and sells plane rides in four of their five aircraft, including a Beech 18 and a Waco Classic.

For more information about the foundation, the air show or to schedule at tour, call 318-574-2731.