2007 AirPower Over Hampton Roads - USAF Thunderbirds - Pt. 1

[RainbowManification]

beautiful, if you wan't perfection you've come to the right place.

[coryboy345]

Screw this, ill take the F22...

[wahoobrad]

Last few seconds he said President Eisenhower signed the document seperating the USAF from the Army. Ah, Truman was President then and did that. Ike was Chief of the Joint Chiefs then. Anybody comment?

[jerk971]

i love these jets one of my friends uncle is in one of them and he is really really good.

[hyfye12345]

what is the name of the song that beginns at 00:14?

[ebet1989]

thunderbirds steal equipment from bases

[kdjfnvjvd]

haha What?!?

[lastminuteregret]

I was at this show, just beautiful aircraft. I go every year and see the Thunderbirds most year, truly the highlight - I never get enough. The Red Arrows were 2008, also very beautiful aircraft. Anglo-American air engineering has no match.

[CapitanCaribe]

turbine propulsed jet aerobatic teams are extremelly atractive, and very skilled, they make a very good show, but call me nostalgic or patriot, but the acrobatic scuadron of my country ( HALCONES, Chile) for me is the best, the EXTRA 300 is a friking hot looking plane, and because its an helix propulsed plane, so it gives u closer encouter manuvers.

greetings to all acrobatics teams

[RobertsDigital]

USAF and RAF are always very sexy :)))

[IrishButterfly2]

I like their music. I live in colorado springs and each year the Thunderbirds do a show for the Airforce graduation. Its nice to see.

[kai1100]

it was nice of the narrator to say something about kevein davidson crash am i right

[roadrunner304]

advanced?? I dont ses any advanced to start and F16 and fly it..Its so damn easy......

[MiniBubba07]

absolutely incredible..the best of the best :)

except that damn radio..shut up already lol

[thenextbigchristmas]

those jets are incredible i love the blue angels and the thunder birds

[lukepevensie]

hehe, i always thought the jets were red white and black but then later on i see the true blue instead of black

[danzmf]

THE BEST ARE

"ESQUADRILHA DA FUMAÇA"

Go check it out!!!!!!!!!

[gio31brasil]

com certeza!!!

[cpetit3]

Hey ya'll, I'd hate to say this, but thy're both realy good. The F-16 and the F/A-18 are both really great performing jets. I've seen both teams perform in Belle Chasse, LA and enjoyed both shows.

[gio31brasil]

nice to see a girl that rules the skies!!

[elpatriotaLX]

2 girls... Nunber 3 and 6

[gio31brasil]

ok thank you

[gio31brasil]

the blue angles and thunderbirds jets have a cannon? or they took it out?

[johncena77777]

they took it out because they don't need them because they don't do misions

[gio31brasil]

thank you for reply!!

[j4sdrn]

they have no active weapons. They take them out because of weight!

[kdjfnvjvd]

There's actually a bit more to that. Weight is a factor as well as gravitational properties. Most of the maneuvers are based on actual FF, but are executed,obviously,to please a crowd. This means tighter turns,greater speed,greater g's,ect. If there were active weapons on their jets,they may be torn off during the maneuver/maneuvers. In the event of a plane that is lost would also be extremely dangerous had there been live ordinance on the jet. There's just too many limitations with them.

[RainbowManification]

@kdjfnvjvd plus its a demo team, why would they have ordinance anyways?

[jeffhardy145]

the thunderbirds are better than the blue angles.

[gio31brasil]

I like the thunders,but I think the blue angels are better,

[lukepevensie]

blue angels dont do sound check or engine runs before the show

[michaelgoulianfan]

they blue angles do engine runs.

[lukepevensie]

you are right

[power4487]

USAF aircraft have regulation matinence checks before every show and mission.

[lukepevensie]

the funny thing is the thunderbirds do pre-flight checks on the runway before takeoff and i shouted THUNDERBIRDS ROCK at miramar

[power4487]

I will shout with you lol

[lukepevensie]

hey steve, can you turn your intercom down a little, i cant hear the narrator sometimes

[DrTzeus]

really nice shot at 1:25 with the good old prop fighters in the background. Thanks for doing a good clip of the ground crew, these birds couldn't fly without them...

[supertomcat]

im very suprised they dont do more of a walk down like the blues...they just kinda stroll out to the jets.

[Sq51]

i agree with you...it does look like the pilots stroll out to the jets unlike how the blues do it.

[88nitro305]

But when they start there not truly started until the giant scream/hiss comes from them

[88nitro305]

I like how people think that the planes are already started but I know that there not fully started up until you hear the hiss out of the planes.

[StarcraftF22A]

The jets are shut off until the pilots actually get in them, however the pre-flights were completed hours earlier.

[StarcraftF22A]

I absolutely love the track that plays when the enlisted men are walking to the jets. The track that says all the information about the Thunderbirds. "These are warriors, of the 21st Century... known to all the world as the Thunderbirds!"

[kai1100]

i agree

[daretodream1988]

oh, yea that makes sense. I keep thinking this was before the 21st for some reason.

[airshowfansh]

#8 was in Pensacola attending Kojak's memorial service.

[daretodream1988]

how come it wasn't t-bird 8 narrating?

[ADivaStarr88]

Major Samantha Weeks looks like a little kid, but she`s definantly an inspiration to me