A video recently uploaded to YouTube includes footage of U.S. F-22 Raptors doing something amazing At Thunder Over Louisville.
The F-22 Raptor showed up and showed out for its demo at the airshow. WLKY cameras caught all of the incredible moves as it took to the skies.
Thunder Over Louisville returns on Saturday, April 23, bringing one of the nation’s top air shows back to Louisville.
In a salute to the 75th Anniversary of the United States Air Force, the event will have a packed show showcasing both military and civilian aircraft.
Scheduled performances include the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo, U.S. Air Force C-17 Demo, U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight, the Kentucky Air National Guard 123rd Airlift Wing with the new C-130J, and the Commemorative Air Force’s B-29, B-24, and B-25, as well as the U.S. Navy E/A-18 Growler Demo with a Legacy Flight, Younkin Airshows, and many more, according to the Kentucky Derby Festival.
Here’s everything you need to know about the air show lineup at Thunder Over Louisville 2022:
- 123rd Special Tactics Squadron Parachute Team (Louisville ANG Base, Kentucky)
- A-1 Skyraider (Warbird Heritage Foundation, Waukegan, Illinois)
- A-10C Thunderbolt II “Warthog” (107th FS, Selfridge ANG, Michigan)
- AC-130J Gunship (1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida)
- Acemaker Airshows (T-33 Demo)
- B-2 Spirit (13th Bomb Squadron, Whiteman, Missouri)
- B-24 Liberator (“Diamond Lil,” Commemorative Air Force, Ft. Worth, Texas)
- B-25 Mitchell (“Show Me,” Commemorative Air Force, Missouri Wing)
- B-29 Superfortress (“FiFi,” Commemorative Air Force, Ft. Worth, Texas)
- B-52 Stratofortress (93rd Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana)
- World War Two Victory Formation (B-25, B-24, B-29 and P-51D)
- Boeing 767, UPS Airlines (Louisville IAP, Kentucky)
- C-130J Super Hercules (Kentucky Air National Guard, Louisville ANG Base, Kentucky)
- C-17 Globemaster III (437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, South Carolina)
- Carbon Cub Float Plane (Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky)
- CH-53 Sea Stallion (Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14, Norfolk, NAS)
- Coleman Aerobatics (Taylorcraft, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky)
- CV-22 Osprey (Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 204, New River, North Carolina)
- F-15E Strike Eagle (4th Fighter Squadron, Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina)
- F-16 Viper (112th Fighter Squadron, Toledo, Ohio)
- F-16 Viper (176th Fighter Squadron, Madison, Wisconsin)
- F-86 Sabre Demo (Warbird Heritage Foundation, Waukegan, Illinois
- F-100 Super Sabre Demo (Ft. Wayne, Indiana)
- Growler Demonstration Team, E/F-18G Growler (Electronic Attack Squadron 129, Whidbey Island NAS)
- US Navy Legacy Flight (E/A-18G/F4U Corsair)
- KC-46 Pegasus (305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey)
- KC-135 Stratotanker (72nd Aerial Refueling Squadron, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana)
- P-51D Aerobatics (“Swamp Fox,” Concorde, North Carolina)
- Raptor Demonstration Team, F-22 Raptor (1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia)
- USAF Heritage Flight (F-22/P-51D Formation)
- T-38 Talon (9th Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale AFB, California)
- UH-60 Blackhawk (8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, Ft. Knox Kentucky)
- Younkin Airshows (Twin Beech Aerobatics Demo)