Westover ARB Airshow - 2018

Selective shots of the airshow under changeable skies...

Westover ARB
Deployed from and back to Westover's runways in a previous life.
Streamers
Dropped from the circling aircraft to check for wind-age prior to the jumpers departing the aircraft for the opening ceremonies.
US Flag
Largest flag ever unfurled from a skydiver.
Westover's Control Tower
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AH-1W Super Cobra
Amazing how far the USMC has 'stretched' this aircraft. Still in front-line service and a long ways from the G model that I was familiar with.
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
Fairly new USCG acquisition. Air Station Cape Cod has three.
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
From Air Station Cape Cod.
HC-144A Ocean Sentry
From Air Station Cape Cod.
Tail Art, MV-22 Osprey
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 from Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina.
KC-135R Stratotanker.
President Eisenhower 'bought' this aircraft and it is still flying. Beautiful and classic Boeing 707/720 airframe.
C-17A Globemaster III
Charleston JAB, SC.
T-6B Texan II
From NAS Whiting Field, FL. On static display and an absolutely filthy aircraft.
C-2A Greyhound
US Navy COD (carrier on board delivery) aircraft. Shares many components with the E-2C AWACS. Produced by Northrop Grumman.
E-2C Hawkeye
US Navy AWACS aircraft. Shares many components with the C-2A. Produced by Northrop Grumman.
F-16C Fighting Falcon
More commonly known as the Viper. The Vermont Air National Guard is the fist Air Guard unit scheduled to replace these aircraft with the F-35 Lightning II.
F-16C Fighting Falcon
AIM-120 on the wingtip, AIM-9 on the pylon with a travel pod and external fuel tank.
KC-10A Extender
Massive air-to-air refueling and oversized cargo hauler for the USAF. Due to be replaced by the eventual service entry of the Boeing KC-46. Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.
Tail Section KC-10A Extender
Massive '3-holer'.
AC-130J Ghostrider
The modified M102 105MM Cannon
AC-130J Ghostrider
6-Bladed props, external fuel tank and weapons station.
PT-17 Stearman
Biplane that was used as a military trainer by the US Army Air Corps during the 1930s and it served throughout WWII. The PT-17 is widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman, Boeing Model 75, or the Kaydet. At least 9,783 were built and thousands of surplus PT-17s were sold on the civil market after WWII.
PT-17 Stearman/Kaydet
The nearly 500 lb, seven cylinder 220 HP Continental R-670-5 radial engine originally pulled by a Sensenich wooden propeller. Most still-airworthy Boeing-Stearman's now have higher-performance metal propellers.
DeHavilland DH 82A T-7602 Tiger Moth
This example was built in 1935. The Tiger Moth served throughout the Commonwealth countries during WWII as a basic training aircraft that was also pressed into light combat roles. 8,868 were produced during 1931-1944 and the type was finally retired in 1959. Thousands of these eventually were made available to the civilian market, post WWII.
Submarine Spitfire Mk. IX
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