The Yankee Air Museum's Thunder Over Michigan air show took place in Ypsilanti, Michigan over the weekend of August 7th/8th 2021. Due to the pandemic, this year's event involved a hybrid drive-in format for visitors, who could watch the show from their vehicles, but also walk around a static ramp area to meet the crews and view some of the aircraft up close. The air show itself was spectacular. Early performer announcements included the US Air Force Thunderbirds and F-35 Lightning II aerial demonstration teams, the US Navy's EA-18G Growler legacy flight team, a German Air Force A400M Atlas, along a large gathering of North American B-25 Mitchells and a selection of other significant warbirds. Then a month before the show, the museum's Kevin Walsh announced two further major additions to the air show lineup: the US Navy Blue Angels and Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II demonstration teams. Currently, Thunder Over Michigan is one of only two shows this year to have mana
Capt. Kippun Sumner, U.S. Air Force
Two of the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Warthog jets are flying with paint and decorations that pay tribute to airmen that served in past conflicts.
One of the Warthogs has special markings created for the D-Day invasion.
The other plane is flying a camouflage that was common for Air Force warplanes during the Vietnam War.
A new video shows a pair of A-10 “Warthog” ground attack jets sporting some very anachronistic paint patterns. The two jets are painted with markings used by aircraft in World War II invasions and the Vietnam War.