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Thunder and Lightning strike as Tucson air show soars back

March 20, 2023

Tyler Robertson, El Inde Arizona Military member and child watch a performance during the 2021 Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona air show at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Nov. 5, 2021. (U.S....

A F-35 Lightning stands in front of a Red Bull demonstration plane at Luke AFB's show April 2. Photo courtesy of Airman 1st Class Ridge Shan

Air show attendance reaches new heights

Mike Beckwith April 21, 2016

It's something more than just a sound. You can feel it prickle in the air just before it washes over you. It rattles windows and bones, and stirs the imagination. Like a tidal wave of energy it fills...

Pilots practice old and new for season of air shows

Mike Beckwith March 25, 2015

On the tarmac at Davis-Monthan AFB, iconic military warbirds cast shadows across the tarmac against the fearsome, sharp, raptor-like features of modern stealth fighters and air-superiority specialists,...

Eric Breen, former Air Force, works to install the Helmet Mounted Queuing System in an A-10 on the Desert Speed Line. Photo by: Jade Nunes

Davis-Monthan and the role of the ‘Boneyard’

Jade Nunes April 5, 2014

The massive tails of retired and stored military aircraft peeping over the top of Kolb Road's steeped walls is a familiar sight for most people in Tucson. But most people don't know about the many functions...

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