Joanna and I went to an airshow at Tinker AFB today. The Thunderbirds were performing… we also got to see a B-1, KC-135, E-6B, F-15, P-47, B-25, MIG-17 among others. The B-1 did a Mach .9 pass over the field. I say it would have been cooler at mach 1.1. The F-15 was pretty spectacular and amazingly loud. The Thunderbirds were, of course, quite impressive… but having seen both, I think the Blue Angels put on a better show.

They also had a fully operational B-1, B-2, B-52, C-130, E-6, E-3, F-15 sitting out on the ramp… They were letting people walk through the C-130, KC-135, E3 and others, but we really weren’t in the mood to wait in line.

I mostly just watched, but here’s a shot of a P-51 Mustang in formation with an F-15 Eagle.

And, here’s a video of the P-51 on a low pass. Video quality isn’t much, but the sound of that V-12 engine….