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This is unsurprising news, what with the fleet being drawn down, but disappointing that the end should come so soon and suddenly. I'd hoped for one or two more years, mostly for selfish reasons since none of the shows on the schedule in 2024 will be particularly easy for me to get to. Guess I'll have to find a way to get to Cleveland...

Ken91 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:24 pm That's certainly a bummer. I knew this would come sometime soon, but I didn't know this would be the last year for the A-10 demo.

For the USAF - please make an F-15EX Demo team (or Strike Eagle). Or better yet, have a two-ship Eagle demo team like the Growlers.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But the F-15EX is going to be almost exclusively an ANG platform, outside of a small number in active duty test units. So, I doubt we'll see an EX demo team for the foreseeable future.

A return of the Strike Eagle demo team is more probable, in my opinion.

Stratotanker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:45 am

Ken91 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:24 pm That's certainly a bummer. I knew this would come sometime soon, but I didn't know this would be the last year for the A-10 demo.

For the USAF - please make an F-15EX Demo team (or Strike Eagle). Or better yet, have a two-ship Eagle demo team like the Growlers.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But the F-15EX is going to be almost exclusively an ANG platform, outside of a small number in active duty test units. So, I doubt we'll see an EX demo team for the foreseeable future.

A return of the Strike Eagle demo team is more probable, in my opinion.

Yeah, I just want an "Eagle" demo team again since I wasn't attending airshows when it was active.

Ken91 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:01 pm

Stratotanker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:45 am

Ken91 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:24 pm That's certainly a bummer. I knew this would come sometime soon, but I didn't know this would be the last year for the A-10 demo.

For the USAF - please make an F-15EX Demo team (or Strike Eagle). Or better yet, have a two-ship Eagle demo team like the Growlers.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But the F-15EX is going to be almost exclusively an ANG platform, outside of a small number in active duty test units. So, I doubt we'll see an EX demo team for the foreseeable future.

A return of the Strike Eagle demo team is more probable, in my opinion.

Yeah, I just want an "Eagle" demo team again since I wasn't attending airshows when it was active.

There's a thread elsewhere about a possible F-15 demo return. I think the closest we got to it in recent times and in the United States was the demo that was at Joint Base McGuire last year from a Mass ANG pilot. There's several videos of the demo from Sunday's show (one was quoted multiple times) but there's also video from the Friday practice of nearly the same profile, only more tame.

Nothing more came from that demo... which is a damn shame because it was awesome.

Additional Shows
- Whiteman AFB, Missouri [July 13-14]
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin [July 22-25]
- Kennewick, Washington [July 27-28]

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