The Thunderbirds, The US Air Force Fighting Falcons, and Breitling Jet Team Will Rock the Skies With Death Defying Demonstrations

The United States Air Force Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds and the Breitling Jet Team are headlining this premier event scheduled over the Pacific Ocean in Surf City, USA, on Saturday and Sunday, October 22nd and 23rd.

Coastal Orange County skies will be rocked like never before as the inaugural Surf City USA Airshow announces not one but two headlining jet teams.

The inaugural Breitling Huntington Beach Airshow will be the only beachfront airshow on the West Coast, and the first airshow held in Huntington Beach, California in over twenty years.

Who: The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform for people all around the world showcasing the pride, precision and professionalism of American Airmen. The hour-long demonstration features sharply choreographed routines that show F-16 Fighting Falcons wingtip to wingtip and give the crowd a glimpse of the exacting skills and capabilities possessed by these accomplished fighter pilots.

The Breitling Jet Team is the largest professional civilian jet team in the world. With fast and powerful L-39 Albatross aircraft piloted by flying aces, this renowned aerobatic team illustrates the Breitling’s cherished values of performance, precision, aesthetic sophistication and innovation.  The team will round out their two-year tour of the United States with a final U.S. performance at Huntington Beach's Surf City Airshow.  

What: For the first time in Southern California, the USAF Thunderbirds and Breitling Jet Team will take to the sky for a thrilling aerial, acrobatic performance high above Huntington Beach.   

When:          October 21-23, 2016

                    12 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Where:         Huntington Beach, California     

Thunderbirds website at:www.aftthunderbirds.com/site/media-downloads

The official Breitling Jet Team website: http://www.breitling-jet-team.com/en/multimedia/

URL:  www.hbairshow.com, Facebook and Twitter (@HBAirShow)

Noted guests on hand to meet, greet and mingle will be: Kelly Miller, President & CEO of Visit Huntington Beach, Jack Links Screamin' Sasquatch Pilot, Breitling Jet Team Pilot, Mike Wiskus with Lucas Oil & the Lucas Oil Skydivers, Red Bull's Kirby Chambliss, The Thunderbirds. 

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