The Air Force aerial demonstration team, Thunderbirds, perform during Cheyenne Frontier Days annual air show July 25 at Laramie County Community College. The show kicked off with a loud fly over by the Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds have performed here since 1953 (Photo by Airman Alex Martinez).
The crowd tries to block out the sun as they watch the Thunderbirds perform an aerial maneuver during the CFD annual air show July 25 at LCCC (Photo by Airman Alex Martinez).
Aircraft No. 1 through 4 perform a tight left hand turn where the four aircraft almost seem to move as one. Lt. Col. Kevin Robbins, Thunderbirds commander and lead pilot, pilots Aircraft No. 1. Maj. Chris Austin, left wing, pilots Aircraft No. 2. Maj. Nicole Malachowski, right wing, pilots Aircraft No. 3. Maj. Scott Poteet, “slot” position, pilots Aircraft No. 4 (Photo by Airman Alex Martinez).
Thunderbirds aircraft “upside down No. 5,” piloted by Maj. Ed Casey, and aircraft No. 6, piloted by Maj. Samantha Weeks, perform a tight two-man maneuver where they almost seem to be touching vertical stabilizers. The reason Major Casey’s aircraft has an upside down No. 5 is because he performs many of the inverted maneuvers (Photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).
Five Thunderbirds perform an overhead roll as one of the aircraft separates from the group (Photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).
Four Thunderbirds fly by rather slowly, with landing gears down, as a fifth flies through the center at a much greater speed (Photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).