Air Fete Pt.1 - USAF Participants

[King Cobra]

It was a glorious sunny day that bought the usual problem of shooting into the sun for much of the flying display so most of my shots are of the static. Hope they're worth a look.

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 57-1427 KC-135R 905th ARS:319th BW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 64-17967 SR-71A DET 4:9th SRW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 69-6222 A-7D 162nd TFS:78th TFG OHIO ANG c by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 69-7293 F-4G 86-0245 F-15C 81st TFS:52nd TFW a by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 74-1681 C-130H 463rd TAW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 84-0043 F-15D 53rd TFS:36th TFW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 84-0187 KC-10A 22nd ARW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 86-0114 B-1B 46th BS:319th BW a by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 86-0114 B-1B 46th BS:319th BW c by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 86-0119 B-1B 46th BS:319th BW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 86-0245 F-16C 81st TFWS:52nd TFW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 86-0254 F-16C 527TH AS by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

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MILDENHALL AIR FETE 1989 USAF 86-0288 F-16A 81st TFS:52nd TFW by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

[keithjs]

Oh, happy days... I can smell the burgers from here...

[Steve Bond]

...and taste the Budweiser

[Georgeconna]

Jaysus, My first Mildenhall. Blown away by it. I thinkg I went with Aeroprints as I had no Transport. They bus left before the flipping Airshow ended

My Dad only took me to Biggen Hill, Farnbourgh and Shuttleworth in the 70s. From Bexley not much of a trek to the Hill but by God a trip to Shuttleworth was certainly an adventure. Pinics along the road side and all!

He claims he never seen any ads for the other shows, He was not into the Heavy Metal anyhow and I was lucky to be taken out anyhow!

[richardgtb]

Sigh. If only they still held the Air Fete!

[SilentFlight]

Always a great trip out as a kid. The days where you never knew what was really going to be there and no one cared about having a list 6 months out. The excitement of looking through the calendar when you parked, taking the long walk in trying to spot what the large aircraft tails belonged to as you got closer. Then following your nose to find the nearest Burger stand, swiftly followed by locating the Funnel Cakes. An Awesome show and in a very different world of airshows, Happy Days!

[Blackbird]

Great set - thank you. '89 was one of the years that I missed so all the more grateful to see these.

Looking forward to more.

Andy

[King Cobra]

Thanks for the comments. Doing a lot of scanning while I'm off work so more to come from various shows in due course.