Space & Air Show Highlights

The highlights of this year's air show schedule include:

• The Navy's elite flight demonstration squadron the Blue Angels blazing across the skies over NASA’s Space Shuttle launch and landing headquarters.

• The U.S. Navy Super Hornet is the nation’s first true strike-fighter capable aircraft. The F/A-18 is uniquely suited to their style of flying – aggressive, graceful and demanding. It demonstrates the awesome capabilities of naval aviation and the professionalism of today’s sailors and marines.

• The F-16 Fighting Falcon, more commonly known to military pilots as the Viper, is a compact, extremely maneuverable multi-role fighter aircraft. The F-16 has proven itself in air-to-air combat as well as air-to-surface attack. It provides a relatively low-cost, high-performance weapon system for the air forces of the United States and other allied nations.

• The A-10 Warthog, star of the Gulf war victory in Kuwait, is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the U.S. Air Force to provide close air support of ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles and other ground targets. It is the first U.S. Air Force aircraft designed exclusively for close air support.

• Mike Goulian, sponsored by Castrol Oil, will perform and race in the EXTRA300SHP, the world’s newest custom-built premiere aerobatic aircraft. The EXTRA tumbles at awe-inspiring rates at almost any altitude, giving world-class pilot Goulian the freedom to use his imagination to create a show leaving fans wanting more.

• The Air Force Reserve Biplane Show featuring Ed Hamill telling his story: Living the Dream. Beautifully choreographed, this performance takes viewers back in time on a musical journey through the last century of aerobatics.

• The 920th Rescue Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command combat search and rescue unit, will stage a water rescue simulation and demonstration, to showcase their skills and training in support of the U.S. space program.

• Astronaut Autograph Show - featuring astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. The autograph show requires a separate admission. Click here for more information.

• Aircraft displays and space related exhibits along the air show viewing area.
  

• Other military and civilian flight demonstrations and performances are being added to the schedule and will be announced.

Air show schedule coming soon!

Kennedy Space Center is just east of Orlando, Florida.

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