2008 McGuire AFB Open House - USAF Thunderbirds (2)

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USAF Thunderbirds
Aerial Performance
2008 McGuire AFB Open House & Air Expo
McGuire AFB, New Jersey
Sunday June 1, 2008
IN THIS VIDEO, watch as the Thunderbirds manage to somehow fly a high show performance over McGuire AFB. In discussions with Thunderbird #9, we both concluded that Sunday's performance was going to be a low show, but right as the team took to the sky, a very nice hole opened up at show center and
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Anyone know the ... ( 3 months ago by GVAPhotography)

Anyone know the song during the "pass and review?"

i first saw them in ... ( 3 months ago by bennyshoestring)

i first saw them in redmond oregon in 91 or 92. at that time i was 12 13ish. the smoke was red blue and white.

coldplay,name of ... ( 3 months ago by daillpalla)

coldplay,name of the song is yellow

That's part of the ... ( 3 months ago by Airshowfan2)

That's part of the manuever, if you know all about that, you should know about this.
There is NO good or bad jet team, they are all equal in representing the armed forces not only in the United States but at other countries and demonstration teams around the world.

I dont recall any ... ( 3 months ago by Airshowfan2)

I dont recall any smoke being colored, if the smoke would be colored, it would turn a dirty brownish color, as the T-birds tried in 04 to color it.

Your sunny opinion ... ( 3 months ago by b1cc2)

Your sunny opinion is admirable, however, I don't feel it's accurate. It couldn't have been part of the maneuver. I'm sure that they were supposed to rejoin at the same time. The T-birds have dumbed down their routine SO much compared to the way it used to be-and they still aren't as good. I don't know what's changed because they used to be great. I'm not trying to be a youtube jerk; I honestly think the they stink. I haven't seen them once in 15 years and thought they did a passable job.

I have some video ... ( 3 months ago by b1cc2)

I have some video from the 2006 season that would blow your mind. I took it here at Dyess AFB in Texas, and it shows the right side of the diamond almost completely leaving the formation in several maneuvers. I honestly thought whoever flew that aircraft was drunk. In one part of my video, they are 4 times further away from lead than the other jets, and start screaming in so fast that if the left wing didn't move, they would have been hit. If you'd like me to send it to you, PM me.

I agree the T-birds ... ( 3 months ago by Airshowfan2)

I agree the T-birds demo is "graceful". But there's a downside, The F-16 I think of is a very high powered aircraft, and I think the T-birds demo is trying to be very graceful with high performance, nimble aircraft which can lead to some bumps, ...just my two cents.

The two don't have ... ( 3 months ago by b1cc2)

The two don't have much to do with each other. The fly-by-wire makes delicate and graceful control very easy. It's not like flying an Extra 300s where the linkage is all rods with no flex; the F-16 can maneuver gently because it's programmed into the computer. They should be able to for the same reason the Blue Angels can and do all the time--the two aircaft actually share many features (wgile very different) because they were built to compete with each other.

What's the opening ... ( 3 months ago by GVAPhotography)

What's the opening song?

Ladies and ... ( 3 months ago by microdude431)

Ladies and Gentleman by Saliva

the only time the ... ( 3 months ago by hdaddy78)

the only time the thunderbirds used colored smoke was with the f-105b thunderchiefs if I remember correctly. They have never used it with the F-16's period.

nice! thanks for ... ( 2 months ago by AirRaider57)

nice! thanks for uploading this i enjoyed all 35 minutes

Can someone tell me ... ( 2 months ago by catmandrummer14)

Can someone tell me the name of the song that starts at 22:50?

It's called " ... ( 2 months ago by CallistaZM)

It's called "Children" from the album Dreamland by Robert Miles. It's about 12 years old. I used to put this album on to go to sleep with when I was a teenager. One of my favorite songs ever.

Anyone know the ... ( 2 months ago by CallistaZM)

Anyone know the last song? I know I've heard it before, it's from a soundtrack. It sounds very much like a Randy Edelman composition but I just can't place it.

Oh man 31:00 was ... ( 2 months ago by taktikal24)

Oh man 31:00 was pretty bad... but hey, thats gotta be VERY tough trying to get into formation after being so spaced like that. Not common to see something like that from them. Just saw them on Sunday... flawless... love them!

Thanks for posting, ... ( 2 months ago by joeamcdaniel)

Thanks for posting, great preview of the show. Thunderbirds will be at Offutt Air Show, Omaha, this month. I will be there.

ehh are you sure ... ( 1 month ago by taktikal24)

ehh are you sure you didn't see the red arrows?

did I see a Blue ... ( 2 weeks ago by summertimz)

did I see a Blue Angels Flag flying as well?

haha hey joe i was ... ( 1 week ago by Bsbll12)

haha hey joe i was there too man went both days at offut afb

Did we almost see a ... ( 1 day ago by sytyoklahoma)

Did we almost see a big time screw up at 12:00?

Why do you say that ... ( 1 day ago by taktikal24)

Why do you say that? Looks fine to me.

Ehh maybe... it's ... ( 1 day ago by taktikal24)

Ehh maybe... it's hard to tell.

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