Defenders of Liberty Airshow, Barksdale LA

[Jonathan Warner]

this was the beginning of our US road trip! whilst the line up looked good initially more and more seemed to disappear from the list including the B2 that went from the list a few days before the show! this was to take part in the flying display flying with the B1 and B52 before landing and going into static for the weekend. unfortunately despite 2 being in attendance, the B1s didn't fare much better, having taken off before gates opened on the Saturday, it arrived back a couple of hours later with an issue. they swapped it with the static one on the Sunday only to run it up for an hour then shut it down an hour late with a hydro issue! dreams of a wings swept burner pass all snuffed out!

all that said they was plenty of interesting displays in the air and on the ground. we even managed to blag our way onto the freshly painted orange Wolfpack test B52!

1_DX27492 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

2_DX27856 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

3_DX27724 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

4_DX27663 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

5_DX26708 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

6_DX28041 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

7_DX28137 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

8_DX27568 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

9_DX26485 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

10_MG_7637 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

11_DX27347 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

12IMG_5154 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

13IMG_5168 by Jonathan Warner, on Flickr

thanks for looking!

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these with us, an interesting and varied selection of shots and enjoyed viewing these. This first shot of the B-52 line up is really interesting, just wondering if POTUS might use it for a Christmas card subject to send to certain other world leaders.

[Barry952]

Brilliant pics, what a line up on the first image

[PhilE]

Last image for me, any chance for Fairford ??. Thanks for sharing. Phil