This news came out of the blue for me. The last squadron in the Navy still operating the F/A-18C "Legacy Hornet" will retire the aircraft this Friday, February 1st. The Legacy Hornets completed their last carrier deployment last year, and other units announced they were transitioning to th...

Saw all of these changes, and I am pretty confused. The F-35A Demo Team has added the show as well. No way the Air Force put the F-35, F-16, F-22, and A-10 all at the same show with the Thunderbirds. The F-22 Demo Team will be at Beaufort that weekend anyway. Maybe these aircraft are flying in the c...

Changes were all confirmed on Facebook just now.

https://www.facebook.com/18706808064918 ... 693068388/

New demonstration pilot has been announced. It will be Capt. Zoe "SiS" Kotnik, the Air Force's first female solo demo pilot.

https://www.facebook.com/19257652411601 ... 488810628/

Jacquie B added. Wow, I wanted to give myself a break before SJ/Beaufort, but I may have to do this one, too.

Still no news on the fourth pilot, but today a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber crashed while landing at Olenya Air Base near Murmansk, killing 3 of the 4 people on board. Not a good week for Russian strike aircraft. https://theaviationist.com/2019/01/22/russian-tu-22m3-bomber-crashes-in-murmansk-r...

Now it appears both aircraft crashed and both crew ejected. Two bodies have been recovered and one pilot has been rescued as previously stated. The last person is still missing.

Two of Russia's Su-34's have been involved in a mid-air collision during a training mission over the Sea of Japan. The Su-34 is a two-seater variant of the Sukhoi Flanker aircraft, and it is used as a strike aircraft. The Su-34 fleet has been grounded, despite the accident being reported as pilot er...

Looks like they're bringing an F-14 "out of retirement" for the movie. I assume it'll just be a prop.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... un-2-41802

Geico Skytypers as well.