Performers

The teams and pilots you'll see on the flight line this season.

• US Navy Blue Angels

  The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are one of the most iconic flight demonstration teams in the world, known for their precision, speed, and breathtaking aerial…

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• US Air Force Thunderbirds

  The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are the Air Force's premier flight demonstration squadron, renowned for their precision flying, power, and striking…

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• Brad Wursten Airshows

  Brad Wursten is a well-known name in the airshow world, recognized for his dynamic aerobatic performances and long-standing presence on the North American…

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• F-16 Viper Demonstration Team

  The F-16 Viper Demonstration Team is one of the U.S. Air Force's premier aerial demonstration units, showcasing the speed, agility, and combat capabilities of…

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• USAF F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team

  The Air Force approved a dedicated F-22 demonstration in 2007 to replace Air Combat Command's retiring F-15C demo, and the team made its debut that March at…

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• Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds

  Canada's 431 Air Demonstration Squadron traces its roots to a WWII bomber squadron, but the Snowbirds as an aerobatic act began in 1969 as informal CFL-game…

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• Patriots Jet Team

  A civilian aerobatic team based in Byron, California, flying the Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros — a jet trainer built for the Warsaw Pact and now a mainstay of…

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• Jack Aces P-51 Demo Team

  A three-ship formation aerobatic team flying P-51 Mustangs — named Mad Max, Little Witch, and Cheryl Lynn — through loops, rolls, and tight formation passes…

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• USAF F-35A Demonstration Team

  Originally stood up in 2016 as the F-35 Heritage Flight Team at Luke AFB, Arizona, the unit became a full demonstration team in 2018 and relocated to the 388th…

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• USMC F-35B Demonstration Team

  The Marine Corps' F-35B demo is flown out of two squadrons: VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina — home to the first F-35B ever assigned to the Marine…

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• U.S. Army Golden Knights

  The Army's official aerial demonstration team, formed in 1959 as the Strategic Army Command Parachute Team and renamed the Golden Knights in 1962. Based at…

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• Commemorative Air Force

  Founded in 1951 (originally as the Confederate Air Force) when a handful of former WWII pilots started buying up surplus fighters headed for the scrapyard, the…

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• USAF Heritage Flight

  Not a single team but a formal Air Combat Command program: a modern front-line fighter — an F-16, F-22, F-35, or A-10 — flying formation with a civilian-owned…

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• Wings of Blue

  The US Air Force Academy's parachute team, tracing back to 1962 when a group of cadets started making unofficial jumps on borrowed gear — before the Academy…

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• Tora! Tora! Tora!

  A recreation of the attack on Pearl Harbor, flown with replica Japanese aircraft originally built as movie props for the 1970 film of the same name and donated…

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• Red Bull Air Force

  A roster of professional skydivers, BASE jumpers, and wingsuit pilots who perform coordinated freefall and canopy routines at air shows rather than flying…

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• USMC MV-22 Osprey Demo Team

  A demonstration built around the Marine Corps' tiltrotor Osprey, which entered service in 2007 to replace the CH-46 Sea Knight. The airframe's party trick is…

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• Greg Colyer — Ace Maker Airshows

  A civilian solo act flying a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star — America's first jet trainer — under the call sign "Ace Maker." Colyer spent 27 years as an FAA air…

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