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    The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force (USAF). The Thunderbirds, as they are popularly known...
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    primarily showcases military aviation, with demonstrations from the USAF Thunderbirds, United States Navy Blue Angels, US Army Golden Knights, as well as...
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    carrier-based aircraft, but US Naval Aviation lacked a similar naming group. USAF "Thunderbirds" F-100D McDonnell F-101B Voodoo F-102 deploys braking parachute Lockheed...
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    support for continuation of the Thunderbirds program." Nonetheless, the 1982 season was cancelled for the Thunderbirds while they rebuilt the team. Former...
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    Air Training Command (ATC) under the reorganized United States Air Force (USAF). A steady pipeline of trained bomber-escort pilots was needed by Strategic...
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    AFSOC as its USAF component command. For most of its history, the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (USAF ADS), better known as the Thunderbirds, had flown...
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    this caused all USAF units to cut aviation support to public events and the grounding of both the USN Blue Angels and USAF Thunderbirds, show organizers...
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    2014. Price, Wayne T. (April 2, 2017). "Buzz Aldrin flies with the Thunderbirds". Florida Today. Retrieved November 10, 2018. Horton, Alex (April 10...
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    years the air show has featured displays by the Blue Angels and the USAF Thunderbirds. In upcoming years it was announced of the possibility of commercial...
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    October 2008). "Thunderbirds Lockheed Martin F-16 Ejection". FlightGlobal. Archived from the original on 13 April 2011. "Thunderbirds accident report...
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    Texas 87-0323 – Preserved as Thunderbird 1 in front of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron/United States Air Force Thunderbirds hangar, Nellis AFB, Nevada...
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  • Fighter Tactics Instructors (SFTI), USAF air liaison officers, former USAF Thunderbirds demonstration pilots and USAF/USN/USMC Forward Air Controller -...
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    including commanding officer of the 64th Aggressor Squadron, pilot in the USAF Thunderbirds (Position 4), test and evaluation pilot, and commercial pilot. Poteet...
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    Afghanistan and Iraq. Creech is the aerial training site for the USAF Thunderbirds and "is one of two emergency divert airfields" for the Nevada Test...
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    airworthy Lancaster bomber in North America and the return of the USAF Thunderbirds for the first time since 1981. Post Cold War defence cuts affected...
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    Nicole Malachowski (category United States Air Force Thunderbirds pilots)
    Force (USAF) officer and the first female pilot selected to fly as part of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds. She later...
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    an additional night Air Show on August 24, it was headlined by the USAF Thunderbirds and also featured the F/A-18C Hornet Demonstration from the US Navy...
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    Emily Calandrelli Emily Calandrelli at USAF Thunderbirds event, April 2021 Born Emily Dawn Calandrelli 1986 or 1987 (age 36–37) Morgantown, West Virginia...
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    constituted as many as 50 aircraft per year. After a major accident, the USAF Thunderbirds reverted from F-105 Thunderchiefs to the F-100D, which they operated...
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    Michelle Curran (category United States Air Force Thunderbirds pilots)
    a former United States Air Force (USAF) major and a pilot in the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, or Thunderbirds. Curran was the lead solo pilot for...
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  • None 2006: USAF Thunderbirds 2007: US Navy Blue Angels 2008: USAF Thunderbirds 2009: USAF F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team 2010: USAF Thunderbirds 2011: US...
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    William Pogue (category United States Air Force Thunderbirds pilots)
    Education and enlisted in the USAF in 1951 and served for 24 years. He flew combat during the Korean War and with the USAF Thunderbirds, then served as a flight...
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    335th Fighter Squadron of the USAF. She was an F-16 instructor before joining the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds in 2019 as the Lead Solo Pilot...
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    aerobatics team, the other being USAF Thunderbirds and RSAF Black Knights. The Blue Falcon pilots were invited by USAF Thunderbirds aerobatic team to witness...
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    Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014. "USAF Thunderbirds History". afthunderbirds.com. Archived from the original on 16 February...
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    1965, flying the hazardous post-strike reconnaissance missions. The USAF Thunderbirds used the F-4E from the 1969 season until 1974. Although the F-4C was...
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    Advance Pilot/Narrator (Thunderbird #8), USAF Air Demonstration Squadron/United States Air Force Thunderbirds; Captain, USAF – University of Washington...
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    Calendar Royal Aero Club Events Flightglobal's Upcoming air shows USAF Thunderbirds Archived 2019-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Forces Snowbirds...
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    Blue Angels along with the USAF Thunderbirds were featured on a Laserdisc released in Japan called Blue Angels/Thunderbirds. The Blue Angels were featured...
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    USAF Thunderbirds display team usually perform at this air show at their home base as their last show of the year. Since Nellis is the leading USAF combat...
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