While nonetheless a couple of months off, McConnell Air Force Base lately announced its full lineup for the Frontiers in Flight air show, which might be held on base Sept. 24 and 25.
The first air show McConnell has placed on in 4 years, management has been exhausting at work planning logistics for over a 12 months now.
“It is a big thing for a base to put on,” mentioned Col. Nate Vogel, Commander of the twenty second Air Refueling Wing.
Headlining the show would be the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron that performs precision aerial maneuvers throughout the globe.
Other performers that might be featured within the lineup embody the all-female Jump staff Misty Blues Skydiving, Bill Stein Airshows and his color-changing plane, Tom Larkin and his mini jet, native pilot Brian Correll, a commemorative Air Force Red Tail P-51 (named Tuskegee Airmen) from the World War II period, Matt Younkin (son of legendary airshow pilot Bobby Younkin), Randy Ball flying one other old style plane (MiG-17), Shockwave – a truck with three jet engines that races planes at speeds upwards of 350 mph, and Playful Airshows pilot Adam Baker – whose single seat monoplane is constructed particularly for aerobatics and contains a online game paint job.
Additionally, Tora Tora Tora is making a return engagement after performing on the earlier Frontiers in Flight air show – offering a dwelling historical past lesson with its show that demonstrates how the course of U.S. historical past was modified with the Pearl Harbor assault. The KC-46 and KC-135 base plane may also carry out flyovers as a part of the show.
Static displays may also embody 4 KC-46 plane open for walkthroughs in the course of the occasion.
“We know the public wants to see that aircraft,” mentioned Steve Zamaldi, who helps with group of the show.
More than 20 meals, drink and memento cubicles might be on base for the occasion, with gates opening at 9 a.m. every day and reveals operating from midday to 4:30 p.m. The occasion is free and open to the general public.
For normal questions in regards to the air show, name 316-759-2471.
