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Aircraft that make your jaw drop!

So bummed the NAS Lemoore airshow is cancelled. That was supposed to be next weekend. And also totally understandable, given all of the things right now.
 
I've got a pic of the Blues wig tips touching an breaking off a part of the LAU. I'll try and find it.
 
F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-103 photo bombing the moon.
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A quick Google says that Dago Red did not crash and is in a hangar in Kerman CA.
 
Pix posted isn't what I remember,
I didn't think it was repairable, when it went down it was in Budweiser livery.
Early in my career @ AB,


I have the wrong plane, Red Baron, is correct with the counter rotating props.
 

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These photos where from Beale Air Force Base June 2025 at the air show.
PaulR
 

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Enchanter said:
The F-8 had a 'hard' afterburner. It lit with a sound like an explosion, and the aircraft would occasionally wheelie. There was an RF-8 visiting our flightline and I went out to watch it start and take off. It was amazing to watch. Then just after lift off it caught fire. I watched it continue to climb for a short period then descend below the trees. Then the smoke and fire became visible.

The pilot ejected, landed on his feet, and was the first person on scene helping to put out the fire.

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