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Thunderbirds Announce 2018 Demonstration Pilots

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 3:41 am
by awal2049
Yesterday, the U.S.A.F. announced the Thunderbirds' new demonstration pilots for the 2018 season. Here is an article, but I'll summarize if you don't want to read the details.

http://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/1 ... elections/

Demonstration Pilots:
Thunderbird 2: Capt. Will "Boar" Graeff, 88th Flying Training Squadron, Sheppard AFB (T-38 pilot)
Thunderbird 4: Capt. Stephen "Cajun" Del Bagno, 58th Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB (F-35 pilot)
Thunderbrid 6: Maj. Matthew Kimmel, 79th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB; Maj. Whit Collins moves to lead solo
Thunderbird 7: Maj. Eric Gorney, 613th Air Operations Center, Hickam AFB