2022 Thunder Over Louisville

SHOW SCHEDULE

Welcome to Thunder Over Louisville as “The Legend Returns” on Saturday, April 23rd, featuring one of the nation’s top
air shows and one of the largest annual fireworks shows in the country.

9 AM North Great Lawn Opens (Pegasus Pin Admission)

11 AM Thunder Chow Wagon @ Waterfront Park opens, Thunder FoodFest opens (Pegasus Pin admission),
Military Interactive Display Area on the South Great Lawn opens, Meijer Family Fun Zone on the West
Belvedere opens (Pegasus Pin Admission), UPS Flight Deck opens (Capture a photo near show center and
meet the UPS team), Big Four Bridge Lawn opens, ThunderWear merchandise booths open at 7 locations,
Ford’s Thunder on the Ground opens (ALL interactive experiences)
12 PM – 2:30 PM MIX 106.9 Pre-Thunder Show
12 PM – 7 PM Pegasus Pin & Pin Trading booths open at 8 locations
12:30 – 2:30 PM BANNER TOWS Begin on both sides of river
2:00 PM – Soul Circus and Katie Mac Trio on the Music Stage inside the Thunder Chow Wagon
2:30 PM - 11 PM OHIO RIVER CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FOR AIR SHOW
3:00 PM – Air Show Begins/Official Thunder Broadcast on WLKY and MIX 106.9
3:00 PM – Nick Coleman T-Craft Aerobatics (Taylorcraft, Bowman Field, Louisville)
3:11 PM – SHOW OPENING - 123rd Special Tactics Squadron Parachute Team (Louisville, ANG Base, KY)
3:20 PM – F-16 Viper x 4 (112th Fighter Squadron, Toledo, Ohio ANG)
3:30 PM – B-2 Spirit (13th Bomb Squadron, Whiteman AFB)
3:45 PM – Matt Younkin Twin Beech Aerobatics Demo
3:57 PM – KC-135 Stratotanker (72nd Aerial Refueling Squadron, Grissom Reserve Air Force Base, IN)
4:07 PM – C-130J Super Hercules x 2 (165th AS, Kentucky ANG)
4:15 PM – A10C Thunderbolt II “Warthog” (107the FS Selfridge ANG, MI)
4:23 PM – F-100 Super Sabre Demo (Fort Wayne, IN)
4:33 PM – BREAK
4:38 PM – AC-130J Gunship (4th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field)
4:43 PM – A-1 Skyraider Demo (Warbird Heritage Foundation, Waukegan, IL)
4:51 PM – BREAK
4:56 PM – UPS Boeing 767, UPS Airlines (Louisville, KY)
5:04 PM – BREAK
5:12 PM – P-51D (Moonbeam McSwine)
5:24 PM – B-25 Mitchell (“Show Me,” Commemorative Air Force, Missouri Wing)
5:32 PM – B-24 Liberator (“Diamond Lil,” Commemorative Air Force, Ft. Worth, TX)
5:40 PM – B-29 Superfortress (“FiFi,” Commemorative Air Force, Ft. Worth, TX)
5:48 PM – WII Victory Pass (B-29/B-25/B-24/P-51D)
5:56 PM – Navy CH-53 Sea Stallion (Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14, Norfolk, NAS)
6:06 PM – BREAK
6:11 PM – F-22 Raptor Demo Team (1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, VA)
6:31 PM – U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight (F-22/P-51D Formation)
6:41 PM – F-15E Strike Eagle x 2 (4th FW, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC)
6:49 PM – C-17 Globemaster III (167th Airlift Squadron, WV ANG)
6:56 PM – KC-46 Pegasus (305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ)
7:03 PM – BREAK
7:08 PM – US Army UH-60 Blackhawk (8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, Ft. Knox)
7:12 PM – T-38 Talon x 2 (9th Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale AFB, CA)
7:19 PM – F-16 Viper x 2 (176th Fighter Squadron, Madison, WI, ANG)
7:27 PM – Acemaker Airshows Demo
7:39 PM – USMC CV-22 Osprey Demo (Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 204, New River, NC)
7:51 PM – US Navy Growler Demonstration Team, EA-18G Demo (Electronic Attack Squadron 129, Whidbey Island
NAS)
8:11 PM – US Navy Legacy Flight (2 x E/A-18G & F4U Corsair)
8:21 PM – BREAK
8:26 PM – Carbon Cub Float Plane (Bowman Field)
8:26 PM – Sunset
8:51 PM – Magic by Moonlight (Matt Younkin Airshows)
9:02 – 9:05 PM – Meijer Moment (Thunder Fans Help Light Up the Waterfront)
9:06 PM – “God Bless America” Flag Tow
9:11 PM – Drone Show Powered by LG&E
9:30 PM – Boom! Fireworks!
10:00 PM Thunder FoodFest Continues at the Chow Wagon until 11 PM
11:00 PM Ohio River opens to normal traffic.
PLEASE NOTE: Aircraft and times subject to change on show day.