Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona Air Show
Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
March 23, 2019
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| Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosts the open house every other year, the free event, called 'Thunder and Lightning over Arizona'. Below is a brief photo-report of what caught my eye. |
US Air Force Heritage Flight consisting of a 4-ship formation featuring;
the A-10 Thunderbolt, the F-22 Raptor, and the F-35 Lightning II escorting the Korean War-era F-86 Sabre. |
Left to right: US Air Force Heritage Flight consisting of a 4-ship formation featuring the A-10 Thunderbolt (81-980), the F-22 Raptor (07-4148 'AK'), and the F-35 Lightning II (10-5009 'LF') escorting the Korean War-era F-86 Sabre (51-2834 regisN186AM).
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (06-6157) with 60th/349th AMW based at Travis AFB. |
| Left to right: Lockheed-Martin / Boeing F-22A Raptor (07-4148 'AK'). |
| Lockheed-Martin / Boeing F-22A Raptor (07-4148 'AK'). |
| Left to right: A-10 Thunderbolt II (81-0980). |
Left to right: North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell (44-30988 later 35857 'MB-11') delivered on March 21, 1945 and later transferred to the US Navy as PBJ-1J. It is now painted in the colours of a Marine Corps PBJ-1J, named 'Semper Fi' with Globe and Anchor painted on the starboard nose.
Interstate S-1A-65F Cadet (NC37428) landing the plane on top of a moving camper.
The Shockwave Jet Truck, the worlds fastest jet powered truck. |
| Boeing PT-17 Stearman (40-1781 registered N63529) inscribed California Aeronautical University (CAU). |
| Left to right: Boeing PT-17 Stearman (40-1781 registered N63529) inscribed California Aeronautical University (CAU). |
| Left to right: Boeing PT-17 Stearman (40-1781 registered N63529). |
| Left to right: Lockheed-Martin / Boeing F-22A Raptor (07-4148 'AK'). |
Left to right: North American F-86F Sabre (51-2834 'FU-834' registered N186AM) representing the famous ‘Jolley Roger’, the jet flown by Korean war ace Captain Clifford D. Jolley.
A-10 Thunderbolt (81-0980). |
| Left to right: A-10 Thunderbolt sun sheds with; (81-956 'DM', 80-181 'DM' and 79-196 'DM') heading the three rows. |
