Combined Navy Tac Demo, Blue Angels, Thunderbirds 2012 Schedule

Here is a combined VFA-122, VFA-106 (F/A-18E/F), Blue Angels, Thunderbirds 2012 schedule that I was able to piece together. I was unable add the F-22 Raptor as it has not been posted yet. If you happen to go to a show that has a VFA-122/106 then consider yourself very lucky. Their will be shows with only the Blue Angels or the Thunderbirds but no single ship military team. This might change as the year goes but the Raptor was grounded for the better part of last year and is a little bit of a hanger queen.

Blue Angels= BA
Thunderbirds= TB


MARCH

10-11    VFA-122/BA       NAF El Centro Air Show, El Centro, CA
17-18    VFA-106/BA        Thunder in the Valley Airshow, Columbus, GA
17-18    VFA-122/TB        MCAS Yuma, Yuma, AZ
24-25    VFA-106/BA        Florida International Airshow, Punta Gorda, FL
31         VFA-106/TB        Sun n' Fun, Lakeland, FL

APRIL

1           VFA-106/TB              Sun n' Fun, Lakeland, FL
14-15    TB                  Davis Monthan AFB, AZ
14-15    VFA-122/BA        Wings Over South Texas, NAS Kingsville, TX
21-22    VFA-122BA          New Orleans 1812 Bicentennial, New Orleans, LA
21-22    TB                   Barksdale AFB, LA
28-29    VFA-106/TB        Lauderdale Airshow, Fort Lauderdale Beach, FL
28-29     BA                Warner Robins AFB, GA

MAY
05-06    BA                  MCAS Cherry Point, NC
05-06    TB                   Shaw AFB, SC
12-13    BA                  The Great Tennessee Air Show, Smyrna TN
12-13    VFA-106/TB        JRB McGuire Open House, Wrightstown, NJ
19-20    BA                  Andrews AFB, MD
19-20    VFA-106        Pee Dee Airshow and Festival, Florence, SC
19-20    VFA-122/TB        Thunder Over the Empire, March ARB, CA
23          TB                  USAF Academy, CO
23          BA                  Jones Beach, NY
26-27    VFA-106        Bethpage Airshow at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
26-27    VFA-122        Salute to Veterans Airshow, Columbia, MO
26-27    TB                   Hill AFB, UT
29          BA                  USNA Graduation Fly Over,  US Naval Academy MD

JUNE

2-3        VFA-106/BA       Patriotic Festival 2012, Virginia Beach, VA
2-3        VFA-106        Thunder on the Lakeshore, Manitiwoc, WI
2-3        TB                  Rockford, IL
9-10      BA                  Mankato, MN
9-10      VFA-106/TB        OC Airshow, Ocean City, MD
16-17    VFA-106/BA        Star Spangled Sailabration, Baltimore, MD
16-17    TB                         North Kingstown, RI
23-24    TB                   Indianapolis, IN
23-24    VFA-106/BA        Westmoreland County Airshow, Latrobe, PA
30         VFA-106        Cape Air Festival, Cape Girardeau, MO
30-01       BA                 Boston Portsmouth Airshow, Portsmouth NH
30-01    TB                  Battle Creek, MI

JULY

1           VFA-106        Cape Air Festival, Cape Girardeau, MO
4            BA                  Boston Harbor Fly Over
7-8        TB                   Gary, IN
7-8        BA                  Dayton Airshow, Dayton OH
7-8        VFA-106        National Cherry Festival Airshow, Traverse City, MI
14          BA                  Pensacola Beach Airshow, Pensacola Beach Fl
14-15    VFA-106        Detroit APBA Gold Cup Hydroplane Race, Detroit, MI
21-22    TB                   JB Lewis, McChord, WA
21-22    VFA-122/BA        Power on the Prairie, Sioux Falls, SD
25          TB                  Cheyenne, WY
28-29    VFA-106        EAA Airventure, Oshkosh, WI
28-29     BA                 Twin Falls Airshow, Twin Falls ID
28-29     TB                  JB Elmendorf, Richardson AK

AUGUST

4-5        VFA-106        The Great New England Airshow, Chicopee, MA
4-5         TB                  Hillsboro, OR
4-5        VFA-122/BA        Seafair, Seattle, WA
11-12    TB                  Abbotsford, Canada
11-12    VFA-106        Milwaukee Air and Water Show, Milwaukee, WI
17         TB                   Atlantic City, NJ
19         TB                   Air Force Week Flyover, New York City
18-19    VFA-106/BA        Chicago Air and Water Show, Chicago, IL
18-19    VFA-122        Kansas City Aviation Expo, Kansas City, MO
25-26    VFA-106/TB        Greater State of Maine Airshow, Brunswick, ME
25-26    VFA-122        Offutt Air Show, Offutt AFB, NE
25-26     BA                 Atlantic International Airshow, Prince Edward Island PE

SEPTEMBER

1-3        VFA-106/BA        Cleveland National Air Show, Cleveland, OH
1-3        TB                   Davenport, IA
8-9        TB                   Sacramento, CA
8-9        VFA-106        Wings Over Waukegan, Waukegan, IL
8-9        VFA-122/BA        Thunder Over the Rock, Little Rock, AK
15-16    TB                    Scott AFB, IL
15-16    VFA-106/BA        NAS Oceana Airshow, NAS Oceana, VA
15-16    VFA-122        Reno Air Races and Airshow, Reno, NV
22-23    VFA-106/BA        GJ Airshow, Grand Junction, CO
22-23     TB                  Salinas, CA
29-30    VFA-122        Wichita Festival of Flight, Wichita, KS
29-30     BA                  Kaneohe Bay Airshow, MCAS Kane'ohe Bay HI
29-30     TB                   McConnell AFB, KS

OCTOBER

6-7        VFA-106/TB        Alliance Airshow, Fort Worth, TX
6-7        VFA-122/BA        San Francisco Fleet Week Airshow, San Francisco, CA
13-14    VFA-106        Wings and Waves Airshow, Daytona Beach, FL
13-14    VFA-122/BA        MCAS Miramar Airshow
20-21    VFA-106/BA        Sea and Sky Spectacular, Jacksonville Beach, FL
20-21     TB                    El Paso, TX
27-28     BA                   Wings Over Houston Airshow, Houston TX

NOVEMBER

2-3        VFA-106/BA        Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow, NAS Pensacola, FL
3           TB                   Homestead ARB, FL
10-11    VFA-106        Stuart Airshow, Stuart, FL
10-11     TB                  Aviation Nation, Nellis AFB NV

Souces, Airshowbuzz.com, http://afthunderbirds.com/site/upcoming-shows/, http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/show/

MCAS Miramar!!!

VFA-122 F/A-18E Super Hornet Demo

                                                   

Viper West F-16 Fighting Falcon Demo

MAGTF!!

(Marine Air Ground Task Force) Demo

Shockwave Jet Truck

  

Blue Angels Continue Air Show Season

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 9, 2011

Release #: 009-11     

       PENSACOLA, Fla.- The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will resume all previously scheduled performances for the 2011 season beginning with Quad City Air Show in Davenport, Iowa, June 18-19.

       During the past two weeks, the Blue Angels completed rigorous training and air show demonstration practice to integrate Capt. Greg McWherter, the new commanding officer and flight leader, back into the flight demonstration team. Capt. McWherter last served with the Blue Angels as their commanding officer during the 2010 season.

       The Blue Angels look forward to continuing to represent the Navy and Marine Corps service members around the world.

F/A-18 TACDEMO's Suspended.

"The F/A-18 Tactical Demonstration (TACDEMO) schedule is suspended until 

further notice. For additional information contact Commander, Naval Air 

Forces Public Affairs Office at"

http://www.navy.mil/navco/airshows/TACDEMO_APR29.pdf

F/A-18 Tactical Demonstration (TACDEMO) schedule through April 2011

Date          Event Title/ Site                                           Squadron

8-Apr        NAS Corpus Christi Salute to 100 Years    VFA-122

9-Apr        Charleston Air Expo                                    VFA-106

15-Apr      3rd Annual JRB Fort Worth Air Power Expo VFA-122

16-Apr      Key West CoNA Open House                     VFA-106

30-Apr      Blue Angels Over Beaufort                         VFA-106

30-Apr      Beale AFB Open House                              VFA-122

Note: Due to the Continuing Resolution Act, the 2011 F/A-18 TACDEMO schedule will only be approved / released one month at a time.

MCAS Miramar Airshow F/A-18F Super Hornet Demo and Legacy Flight. 10/2/10

F/A-18 Hornet Down at NAS Lemoore. Two Fatalities Reported.

2 dead as F/A-18 goes down near Lemoore

By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 16:47:05 EDT

SAN DIEGO — A two-seat F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed Wednesday in a field just outside Naval Air Station Lemoore, killing two aboard, Navy officials said.
The Hornet crashed about a half-mile from the air station at 12:08 p.m., and two fatalities were reported, said Cmdr. Pauline Storum, a Naval Air Forces spokeswoman in Coronado, Calif.
“No other injuries or details were reported,” Storum said.
Navy officials were still gathering information as local and military emergency crews went to the scene in Lemoore, located in California’s Central Valley.
The air station is the Navy’s West Coast hub for its F/A-18 Hornet squadrons and is home to a fleet replacement training squadron.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/04/navy-lemoore-2-killed-in-hornet-crash-040611w/