March 17-18, 2007
Location: Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
Story by Brian Emch
Photos by Brian Emch

The Davis-Monthan AFB Airshow was held March 17 and 18, headlined by the US Navy demonstration team, the Blue Angels. The show featured a strong and varied static display, featuring over thirty-five aircraft, ranging from a DeHavilland biplane in US mail markings, an F-106 pulled from AMARC, to a pair of F-117 Nighthawks.

Also featured was the ever-popular USAF / ACC Heritage Flight which showcased a QF-4E Phantom II from Holloman AFB, flying alongside the well-known Commemorative Air Force P-51 Mustang, "Gunfighter," flown by Reg Urschler, an F-16 from Hill AFB and a locally-based A-10 Warthog.

With flying scheduled from 11am until 4pm, the show opened with the Golden Knights jumping with the American and POW flags and Ed Hamill circling overhead. Soon after that was a pair of four-ship formations, one featuring A-10s from DM, the other provided by the 162nd FW of the ANG, out of Tucson Int'l airport, with some of their F-16s.

Other flying events included a C-130 / HH-60 Pave hawk "CSAR" demo, with a simulated refuel of the Pavehawks, and several A-10s flying cover as "Sandys." The A-10 West team demo and F-117 demo wowed the on-and-off base crowds - the locals fill up the off-base viewpoints for this show very quickly.

There were flybys from a Tuskegee Airmen T-6, "Double-Vee", and aerobatics were provided by Ed Hamill, Tim Weber, Greg Poe, and Kirby Chambliss. A C-130 in low vis gray, with USMC markings, flew on Sunday's show, apparently filling in for the Blue Angels' Fat Albert Herc.

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