USAF Thunderbird show

USAF demonstration squadron (Thunderbird) was created in 1953. It is the third-oldest formal aerobatic team, after the French Airforce Patrouille de France created in 1931 and the US Navy Blue Angels created in 1946. The squadron tours the US as well as the world. Its name was originated from the mythology of North American culture [1].

I went only one show from the Thunderbird team. For the show site, I had to walk two and half an hour each way with a heavy backpack. Here are some pictures I took in that show in 2009.

 

Major Christopher Austin, Left Wing:

Ascending:

The emblem under the bird:

Formation of four:

Feeling dizzy when you are upside down?

"Hi, man, don't touch me, you are too close to me!"

"I won't."

 

Here are two marches and a song related to Air Force or aviation:

USAF march, music by Alan Scott; lyrics by Keith Textor :

USAF song by Robert Crawford :

Music sheet from wiki [1]:

 

The original music sheet [2] of USAF song by the composer Robert Crawford:

 

Flieger Marsch (Germany, airman march):

 

 

 

 

[1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds

[2]. https://www.afhra.af.mil/Research/Air-Force-Song-History/

 

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