Sequestration Be Damned-- We'll Make our own Air Show!

So not to get to political on this blog I'll just say that the 2013 season of air show's will be lacking in the modern jet department with the lack of the US Armed forces flying and static displays. I'm not in favor of how our "government' has chosen to save money but as of today its just not going to go well when viewed from an air show fans perspective. I've made it a yearly summer family event to get to two of Ohio's biggest shows in the Vectren Dayton Airshow and the Cleveland National Airshow. This year the Dayton Airshow will go on as scheduled and Cleveland has chosen to cancel. Like many shows across the country without the military teams such as the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds the economics don't make sense. Cleveland was already going to go without those jet teams and plugging in a full F-22 Raptor demo but when that too was pulled.... So I WILL be going to Dayton on June 21 (actual show is June 22-23) to catch some of this years action and there will be jets, but not the modern kind. They are scheduled to have both a MiG-17 and a F-86 Sabre as well as an A-4B Skyhawk. None are going to rip your ears out, but will be exciting attractions to add to the great planes/pilots that will be on display. This year the airshow industry needs our support more than ever.

Ok so what i've decided to do over the next several months is spotlight some of my favorite military jets in youtube and other video clips. While its never as good as being there for 2013 it will have to do! Today I'm starting of with a clip of a couple B-1B just flying around with a little burner at night. I didn't shoot this video and there are certainly plenty of others shot at air shows, but I liked the night time afterburners. Go ahead and find some great videos. Maybe i'll post it here. Enjoy!