Aerospace and AZ Days
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosted Aerospace and AZ Days over the weekend of March 20-21, 2010. On Saturday, the day started chilly, but temperatures rose to the high 70s by late afternoon. A crowd of hundreds of thousands were treated to a wide variety of aerial demonstrations featuring a Search and Rescue demonstration, a Customs Agency smuggling interdiction, a performance by a Super Hornet from Naval Air Station Lemoore, the Patriots Jet Demonstration Team, a demonstration by a Globemaster III from Altus Air Force Base, flyovers by a U-2S from Beale Air Force Base, parachutists of the Wings of Blue team from the Air Force Academy, flybys by a Flying Fortress and Mustang, aerobatics by Ed Hammill in a Pitts S-2C, an Air Force Heritage Flight composed of a Skyraider and a Thunderbolt I, and concluded with the USAF Thunderbirds.
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 99-0058 of the 58th Airlift Squadron based at Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
Lockheed HC-130P Hercules 65-0964 of the 79th Rescue Squadron based at Davis Monthan-AFB.
Lockheed EC-130H Hercules 75-1584 of the 355th Wing based at Davis Monthan-AFB.
General Dynamics F-16C Block 42J Fighting Falcon 90-0741 of the Arizona Air National Guard based at Tucson International Airport.
General Dynamics F-16C Block 42G Fighting Falcon 89-2117 of the Arizona Air National Guard based at Tucson International Airport.
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcons of the USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team. Mt. Wrightson (elevation 9,453 feet) in the background is capped with snow.
Boeing F/A-18F Rhino Modex 111 of VFA-122 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore.
Parachutist of the Wings of Blue team descends with an American flag at the opening of the airshow.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0211 of the 355th Wing based at Davis Monthan-AFB.
Lockheed EC-130H Hercules 75-1584 of the 355th Wing based at Davis Monthan-AFB
Lockheed HC-130P Hercules 65-0964 of the 79th Rescue Squadron based at Davis Monthan-AFB.
Sikorsky HH-60G Jayhowks 90-26226 and 90-26229 particpate in a Search and Rescue demsontration.
Sikorsky HH-60G Jayhowk 90-26226
Lockheed EC-130H Hercules 75-1584 of the 355th Wing based at Davis Monthan-AFB.
Eurocopter AS 350 B3 of the US Customs and Border Protection Agency.
Sikorsky HH-60A Blackhawk 79-23344 of the US Customs and Border Protection Agency based at Davis Monthan-AFB prepares to deploy agents to apprehend suspected smugglers.
Boeing F/A-18F Rhino BuNo 165910 Modex 117 of VFA-122 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore.
Sikorsky HH-60G Jayhowk 90-26229 demonstrates the deployment of a rescue team to assist a downed pilot behind Boeing F/A-18F Rhino Modex 111 of VFA-122 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore
Sikorsky HH-60G Jayhowk 90-26229 returns to pick up the rescue team and the pilot..
Sikorsky HH-60G Jayhowk 90-26226 moves into position to take on fuel from Lockheed HC-130P Hercules 65-0964 of the 79th Rescue Squadron based at Davis Monthan-AFB
Lockheed HC-130P Hercules 65-0964.
Boeing F/A-18F Rhino BuNo 165910 Modex 117 of VFA-122 makes a high speed pass.
Boeing F/A-18F Rhino BuNo 165910 Modex 117 of VFA-122 performs a slow speed dirty roll.
Boeing F/A-18F Rhino BuNo 165910 Modex 117 of VFA-122 taxies in after its performance.
Czech Aerovodochody L-39 Albatrosses of the Patriots Jet Demonstration Team perform a diamond pass through smole left from a previous pass.
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 99-0058 of the 58th Airlift Squadron based at Altus AFB, Oklahoma takes off to drop parachutists of the Wings of Blue team..
Lockheeed U-2S Dragon Lady 80-1093 of the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing based at Beale Air Force Base approaches from behind the crowd.
Lockheeed U-2S Dragon Lady 80-1093.
Lockheeed U-2S Dragon Lady 80-1093.
Lockheeed U-2S Dragon Lady 80-1093 starts a climb back up to its cruising altitude of 60,000+ feet.
Parachutist of the Wings of Blue team from the Air Force Academy.
Tina of the Wings of Blue team from the Air Force Academy.
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 99-0058 of the 58th Airlift Squadron based at Altus AFB, Oklahoma takes off for its flight demonstration.
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 99-0058 of the 58th Airlift Squadron
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 99-0058 of the 58th Airlift Squadron makes a turn with a bank angle of about 60 degrees, pulling about 2 Gs.
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 99-0058 of the 58th Airlift Squadron.
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider NX965AD was ordered for the US Navy as BuNo 126965. It flies now as The Proud American.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N390TH is retored as Liberty Belle.
Ed Hammill flies aerobatics in Pitts S-2C N89PS which was manufactured by Aviat Aircraft Incorporated.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N390TH Liberty Belle.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N390TH Liberty Belle.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N390TH Liberty Belle.
North American P-51D Mustang NL74190 was ordered for the US Army Air Corps as 44-74452 and has been restored as Happy Jack's Go Buggy.
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider NX965AD The Proud American.
North American P-51D Mustang NL74190 was ordered for the US Army Air Corps as 44-74452 and has been restored as Happy Jack's Go Buggy.
Pyrotechnics from the A-10A Thunderbolt II demonstration detonate behind Boeing F/A-18F Rhino BuNo 165910 Modex 117 of VFA-122.
Pyrotechnics from the A-10A Thunderbolt II demonstration.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0238 of the 355th Wing based at Davis Monthan-AFB.
Air Force Heritage Flight: Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0238 of the 355th Wing and Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider NX965AD The Proud American.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0238 of the 355th Wing and Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider NX965AD The Proud American.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0238 of the 355th Wing and Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider NX965AD The Proud American.
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A dozen photos of military airplanes flying at the Davis-Monthan Airshow on March 20, 2010. Aircraft pictured include:
General Dynamics F-16C Block 42G Fighting Falcon 89-2117 of the Arizona Air National Guard,
Lockheed EC-130H Hercules 75-1584 of the 355th Wing,
Sikorsky HH-60A Blackhawk 79-23344 of the US Customs and Border Protection Agency,
Sikorsky HH-60G Jayhowk 90-26229,
Sikorsky HH-60G Jayhowk 90-26226,
Lockheed HC-130P Hercules 65-0964 of the 79th Rescue Squadron,
Boeing F/A-18F Rhino BuNo 165910 Modex 117 of VFA-122,
Lockheeed U-2S Dragon Lady 80-1093 of the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing,
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 99-0058 of the 58th Airlift Squadron,
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N817BR Liberty Belle,
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider NX965AD The Proud American,
North American P-51D Mustang NL74190 Happy Jack's Go Buggy,
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0238 of the 355th Wing.
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