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Viper Demo Team's Major John "Rain" Waters blasts off on 20 May 2017 at the Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Airshow.
The Viper Demo jet rolling out on Quonset Point's Runway 16 after the second Saturday demonstration at the 2017 Rhode Island Airshow.
Major John Waters make a Dedication pass in honor to The Thunderbird #4 in Sun N Fun 2018 #snf18 #viperdemoteam
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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon
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The crowds tend to come to airshows for the headlining jet teams - Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, Red Arrows, etc. For me, the big draw to the Harrisburg show was the recently repainted Viper Demo Team F-16, sporting the 50th anniversary prototype scheme.
The General Dynamics YF-16 first flew in 1974, with the fighter jet entering service in 1978. It's been around as long as I have, and as a kid I played with many a toy F-16 sporting that bicentennial-inspired paint scheme. To see one flying was a fun nugget of nostalgia, and the aerobatics put on by Capt. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester, the F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, was outstanding.
MAJ John "Rain" Waters making great use of the afterburner to show off the speed and agility of the F-16 at the Rhode Island Airshow.
MAJ John "Rain" Waters making great use of the afterburner to show off the speed and agility of the F-16 at the Rhode Island Airshow.
MAJ John "Rain" Waters taking off from Quonset Point's Runway 16 for the final Viper Demo of the Rhode Island Airshow.
MAJ John "Rain" Waters making great use of the afterburner to show off the speed and agility of the F-16 at the Rhode Island Airshow.
MAJ John "Rain" Waters retracting the gear soon after taking off for the USAF Viper Demonstration Team performance at the 2017 Rhode Island Airshow.
The F-16 Viper demo leaving Ft. Lauderdale International to take part in the Ft. Lauderdale Airshow.
In the 2020 Venom scheme, sheltering from Hurricane Delta before heading back down to the Wings Over Houston Airshow.
Vapor and afterburner on full display during MAJ John "Rain" Waters' Viper Demo at the 2017 Rhode Island Airshow.
Vapor and afterburner on full display during MAJ John "Rain" Waters' Viper Demo at the 2017 Rhode Island Airshow.
USAF Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team @Thunder over Michigan 19 flown by Maj. Garret Schmitz from Shaw Air Force Base
The first Block 50 F-16 was delivered in late 1991; the aircraft is equipped with improved GPS/INS, and can carry an additional selection of advanced missiles: the AGM-88 HARM missile, JDAM, JSOW and WCMD. Block 50 aircraft are powered by the F110-GE-129.
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A three ship Heritage Flight at the New York Airshow consisting of a P-51 flown by Andrew McKenna, an F-35 flown by "D-Rail", and "Rain" in the F-16.
High Speed, full afterburner, and the start of a high G turn during the Westmoreland County Airshow in Latrobe, PA.
Rain arrived to Rhode Island in style albeit a bit tardy due to a mechanical incident on the way up.
Maj John "Rain" Waters taking off in an F-16CJ for the Viper Demonstration at the 2017 Rhode Island Airshow.
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This year is the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the F-16 prototype. To honor the occasion the U.S. Air Force’s demo team for the F-16, the Viper Demo Team, replaced its snake-themed paint-scheme. (See the first comment below for a picture of that paint scheme.) The new red, white and blue paint scheme is a copy of the paint scheme that was used for the first flight of the F-16 prototype 50 years ago.
Seen at the 2024 Thunder Over Michigan airshow. #ThunderOverMI
Lockheed Martin F-16CM Fighting Falcon
F-16 Viper Demo Team
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