Posted on 12/08/2009 4:36:44 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunderbirds," has announced its 2010 air show schedule.
The team's 57th show season is scheduled to take them to more than 65 shows in 27 states and Canada. The 2010 schedule is as follows:
March 20-21: Davis Monthan AFB, AZ
27-28: Maxwell AFB, AL
April 10-11: Eglin AFB, FL
17-18: Lakeland, FL
24-25: Barksdale AFB, LA
May
1 Dyess AFB, TX
2 Altus AFB, OK
8-9 Shaw AFB, SC
15-16 Columbus AFB, MS
22 Grand Forks AFB, ND
26: USAFA, CO
29-30 Janesville, WI
June
5-6 Ocean City, MD
12-13 Quebec City, Canada
19-20 Tinker AFB, OK
26-27 North Kingstown, RI
July
10-11 Gary, IN
17-18 Duluth, MN
21 Cheyenne, WY
24-25 Fairchild AFB, WA
Jul 31-Aug 1 Rockford, IL
August
7-8: Moffett Field, CA
14-15: Abbotsford, Canada
21-22: Westfield, MA
25 Atlantic City, NJ
28-29 Brooklyn (Coney Island), NY
September
4-5 Martinsburg, WV
11-12 Coraopolis (Pittsburgh), PA
18-19 Whiteman AFB, MO
25-26 McConnell AFB, KS
October
2-3 Salinas, CA
9-10 Little Rock AFB, AR
16-17 El Paso, TX
23-24 Houston, TX
30-31 Cocoa Beach, FL
November
6-7 Lackland AFB, TX
13-14 Nellis AFB, NV
"We are humbled to have the opportunity to travel the U.S and Canada this year representing the 700,000 Airmen in America's Air Force,” said Capt. Jason McCree, USAFADS public affairs officer.
Lt. Col. Case Cunningham will join the team as Commander/Leader for the team and fly the No. 1 position. The other officers beginning the first season with the team are Thunderbird No. 3, Capt. Chad Shenk, Right Wing; Thunderbird No. 6, Capt. Aaron Jelinek, Opposing Solo; Thunderbird No. 8, Maj. John Gallemore, Advance Pilot/Narrator; Thunderbird No. 9, Capt Thom Bowden, Flight Surgeon.
They will join returning officers Thunderbird No. 2, Maj. John Baum, Left Wing; Thunderbird No. 4, Maj. Sean Gustafson, Slot; Thunderbird No. 5, Maj. Rick Goodman, Lead Solo; Thunderbird No. 7, Lt. Col. Derek Routt, Operations Officer; Thunderbird No. 10, Capt. Petrina Hanson, Executive Officer; Thunderbird No. 11, Maj. David Lemery, Maintenance Officer; Thunderbird No. 12, Captain McCree.
The Thunderbirds, originally known as the 3600th Air Demonstration Unit, out of Luke AFB, Ariz., were activated on May 25, 1953.
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron is an Air Combat Command unit composed of eight pilots (including six demonstration pilots), four support officers, four civilians and about 110 enlisted people performing in more than 29 Air Force specialties.
The Thunderbirds' aerial demonstration is a mix of formation flying and solo routines. The pilots perform approximately 40 maneuvers in a demonstration. The entire show, including ground and air, runs about one hour. The air show season lasts from March to November, with the winter months used to train new members.
Courtesy of United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Public Afairs
F-16 Ping.
Nope, but they will be at Shaw. They have not been at Shaw since 2005.
Why isn’t the article tilted - Thunderbirds announce their 2010 schedule?
Shouldn’t it be 2010 and not 2009?
I used to work in a building that overlooked the local airport. When the Blue Angels arrived, we KNEW it. Hard to focus on work when each of us was casual darting to the windows for a better look!
Just now announcing their 2009 schedule? Wow. *\;-)
~ 2010 ~ Schedule.
I must say this time of year (off season) was great @ Nellis AFB - they would be on a show every Tuesday (perhaps Weds) at noon!
I guess the schedule was built and announced in 2009. I dunno.
Looks like North Kingstown, RI for me this year.
this...next..year!
I saw them at Walker AFB, Roswell, NM back in 1966 or 67.
We’re thinking about driving down, staying with the MIL, and getting back home (NH) Sunday. But it’s a while yet, so we’ll have to see.
We could do without the ejection seat demo, though.
There hasn’t been an airshow at Moffett Field in a number of years. The Thunderbirds were at the last one (2005 maybe?).
I’m excited ! Two shows in Central FL !
Air Force pilots are great, but Navy are the best.
“We could do without the ejection seat demo, though.”
Sadly I saw one crash in the 80s when they were flying T-38s, they had already lost one earlier that year, then the remaining members - 5 or 6 of them crashed into the desert floor in Nevada in the off season.
That’s when they made the switch to F16s.
“Sadly I saw one crash in the 80s when they were flying T-38s,”
I was at the performance at Hill AFB in 1980 (I think) when a Thunderbird crashed south of the base during the show. My dad was a Colonel in the USAF at the time and had to do some of the preliminary work on the investigation.
Some more photos from Hill on that day and I'm not sure if it was the same day or a special event - when the Shuttle Enterprise visited; http://www.flickr.com/photos/real_bostonian/sets/1699924/
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