The annual Mississippi Afterburners radio-controlled jet rally will feature nearly 100 true-to-scale model jets filling the sky over the runway at Hinds Community College's John Bell Williams Airport  9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Food and parking will be available, and admission is only $5 per car.

On Saturday, the fun extends to the town of Raymond for the 27th annual Raymond Country Fair.

A Cannonball Run (5K or 10K) and a Mini Ball 1-mile Fun Run will signal the start of the fair.

Run registration begins at 6:30 a.m. in front of Raymond Plaza, and the racers will take off at 8 a.m. The Fun Run will follow immediately.

The fair officially begins at 9 a.m., with more than 50 vendors set up around the Courthouse and Square, with quality arts and craftwork, great fair food and entertainment. A special children's activities section will be sponsored by Raymond Elementary School and pony rides will be supervised by Raymond Career-Technical FFA and 4H students and their sponsor.

For more information on the races and the fair, call John Barber, 601.857.8942 (www.raymondchamber.com), and for the jet rally, call Dennis Lott, 601.951.9501 or Airport Manager Michelle Jackson at 601.857.3884.