United States Air Force Thunderbirds | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 22/06/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds


00:01:20 1 Overview
00:02:37 1.1 F-16 Fighting Falcon
00:06:40 1.2 Support aircraft
00:06:54 2 Demonstration routine
00:10:39 3 History
00:12:14 3.1 USAF Thunderbirds history
00:12:24 3.1.1 F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak era
00:14:00 3.1.2 F-100 Super Sabre era
00:16:11 3.1.3 F-4 Phantom II era
00:16:46 3.1.4 T-38 Talon era
00:18:27 3.1.5 F-16 Fighting Falcon era
00:23:46 3.1.6 Historical demonstration aircraft
00:26:57 3.1.7 Accidents
00:29:17 3.1.7.1 Air shows
00:34:36 3.1.7.2 Other fatalities
00:38:15 3.1.8 Relationship to other USAF aerial demonstration teams
00:40:48 3.1.9 Thunderbirds museum
00:41:15 3.2 USAF Thunderbirds Decorations
00:42:36 3.3 Lineage
00:43:49 3.4 Assignments
00:44:51 3.5 Stations
00:45:34 3.6 Aircraft
00:46:48 4 See also



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The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron ("Thunderbirds") is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force (USAF). The Thunderbirds are assigned to the 57th Wing, and are based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Created 66 years ago in 1953, the USAF Thunderbirds are the third-oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the United States Navy Blue Angels formed in 1946 and the French Air Force Patrouille de France formed in 1931.
The Thunderbirds Squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially marked aircraft. The squadron's name is taken from the legendary creature that appears in the mythologies of several indigenous North American cultures.
On 1 March 2013, the USAF announced that due to budget cuts, aerial demonstration team performances would cease indefinitely, effective 1 April 2013. On 6 December 2013 the Thunderbirds announced their 2014 schedule and the resumption of their appearances.