This FREE event is open to the public.
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Buses run from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to the event entrance on base beginning at 9 a.m.
Opening Ceremony begins at 10 a.m.
Buses stop taking guests to the event at 1 p.m.
Event gates close at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday November 16/Sunday November 17
9:30 a.m. Vicky Benzing in her 1940 Boeing Stearman
9:45 a.m. C-130 Hercules Streamer Drop
9:50 a.m. U.S. Air Force Academy Glider Team
10 a.m. Opening Ceremony with Special Operations Command Para-Commandos and F-22 Raptor fly-by
10:20 a.m. Trojan Thunder T-28
10:30 a.m. C-17 Globemaster III and KC-135 Stratotanker Demo
10:50 a.m. P-51 Mustang
11 a.m. MQ-9 Reaper fly-by
11:10 a.m. EA-18 Growler
11:30 a.m. Combined Arms Demo, highlighting Air Superiority capabilities, Close Air Support, and Combat Search and Rescue
12:30 p.m. Immortal Red Baron vs. Rower Airshows: 2 World War I biplanes
12:45 p.m. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion
1:15 p.m. F-35 Lightning II Demo
1:35 p.m. Heritage Flight with an F-35 Lightning II and three F-86 Sabres
1:45 p.m. Special Operations Command Para-Commandos
2:00 p.m. Saturday - U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Ground Show and Aerial Performance
2:00 p.m. Sunday - Julie Clark and her T-34
2:15 p.m. Sunday - U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Ground Show and Aerial Performance
All times and performers subject to change.
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General and handicap parking is at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway located at 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Free buses from the Speedway to the event entrance start running at 9 AM and will stop taking guests to the event at 1 PM.
To purchase upgraded seating for the Aviation Nation 2019, click on the link below:
https://attendstar.com/tickets
If you have questions about tickets, you may call the ticketing company at (702) 342-1777.
For questions concerning concessions, contact Air Show Network at tickets@attendstar.com
-Cessna A-37 Dragonfly -Bell 412 -Cessna 172 Skyhawk -C-5 Galaxy -Cessna 206H -EA-18 Growler -EC-130H Compass Call -F-16 Fighting Falcon -F-18E/F Superhornet -GA8 Airvan -HH-60 Pave Hawk -Aero L-39 Albatros -MQ-9 Reaper -P-3C Orion -P-51 Mustang -P-8A Posideon -RC-135 Rivet Joint -T-33A Shooting Star -T-38 Talon -T-6 Texan II -USAFA Glider Team -Yakovlev Yak-52
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