Please post the info regarding arrival times. Thanks! Tuesday, August 8: Canadian Forces Snowbirds (afternoon) Wednesday, August 9: RCAF CF-188 Hornet USAF F-35 Lightning II USAF C-5M Super Galaxy (morning) USN EA-18G Growler (afternoon) Thursday, August 10: USAF KC-135 Stratotanker USAF A-10 Thund...

What's different this year? Friday does not have walk-in passes. This means if you want to attend the Friday show, you have to purchase either a car load pass or a vanload pass. This makes it inconvenient for those who attend solo or with a partner. These changes were made to alleviate the traffic ...

Weather is expected to be great this year - hoping I don’t jinx it but I’d stock up on the sunscreen and aloe! I look forward to seeing how the new parking format works out this year. The walk-in tickets may be hit or miss and the lack of them for Friday will be interesting to see. Hoping for 1 or 2...

As far as the demo is concerned I’m really hoping there’s a lot more burner action with climbs and not just flybys atypical of past NORAD displays. Agree, and I'm hopefully as "NORAD demonstration, simulating the interception of an unidentified aircraft in restricted airspace" sounds diff...

Website is also showing an F-15 on static. The idea is that Friday the Portland Eagles will be on static. Not sure what the plan is for Sat/Sun - they could end up on the hotline those days. As far as the demo is concerned I’m really hoping there’s a lot more burner action with climbs and not just ...

Some more static confirmations:
- RCAF CC-177 Globemaster III
- USAF B-52 Stratofortress
- USN P-8 Poseidon

T-33 Acemaker will also be flying Saturday and Sunday.

"Snowbirds will perform air displays as an eight-aircraft team, instead of nine, for the foreseeable future."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/ ... snowbirds/

Some insider updates: - USAF C-17 Globemaster III Demo Team confirmed for flying display - USAF Heritage flight will be F-35 and P-51 "Val-Halla" - I hear there could potentially be another addition (likely Warbird) - USN Tailhook Legacy Flight will be the Growler team and A-1 Skyraider &q...

First batch of the civilian performers that will be in attendance this year: - Nathan Hammond returns with Ghostwriter (Twilight show included) - Melissa Burns, member of the Unlimited Aerobatic Team makes her Abbotsford debut - Kyle Fowler returns, this time flying the LongEZ (Twilight show include...

Looks like we’re getting the USAF F-35 Demo in 2023! Looking forward to finally seeing a full F-35 flight display in Abbotsford.