LOUISVILLE, Ky. — We are five days away from the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Opening Ceremonies: Thunder Over Louisville.

What You Need To Know

  • Thunder Over Louisville is set for Saturday, April 22

  • This is the 34th production of the show

  • Both civilian and military acts will perform

  • The aircraft may change even on show day

Once again, hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to pack Louisville’s Waterfront Park to watch and enjoy a packed airshow featuring military and civilian air acts. This year marks the 34th production of the show.

This year fans will be treated to performances by the U.S. Army Golden Knights, the U.S. Air Force F-35 Demo and Heritage Flight, Navy F-35 Demo and Growler Deo with Legacy Flight.

Here is the full lineup released by the Kentucky Derby Festival. Aircraft can change even during the show. Weather can also change the order around. This is the alphabetical list of scheduled performances.

  • 123rd Special Tactics Squadron Parachute Team (Louisville ANG Base, KY)

  • A-10 Warthog (122nd Fighter Wing, Ft. Wayne, IN)

  • C-130J Super Hercules (Kentucky Air National Guard, Louisville ANG Base KY)

  • C-17 Globemaster III (167th Airlift Wing, ANG Base, Martinsburg, WV)

  • CT-155, (4 Wing Cold Lake, Royal Canadian Air Force, Alberta CA)

  • CT-142, (1 Wing, Royal Canadian Air Force, Winnipeg, CA)

  • E-2C Hawkeye, Naval Air Station Norfolk, VA 

  • EA-18 Growler Demo Team, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA

  • F-16 Viper (180th FW, Toledo ANG, OH)

  • F-8F Bearcat

  • F-35A USAF Demo Team (Hill AFB, UT)

  • F-35C Navy Demo Team (Naval Air Station Lemoore, CA)

  • F-86 Saber, (Warbird Heritage Foundation, Waukegan IL)

  • HC-144 Ocean Sentry, (U.S. Coast Guard, Mobile AL)

  • KC-46 Pegasus, (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst AFB, PA)

  • KC-135 Stratotanker (70th ARS, Grissom ARB, IN)

  • Navy Legacy Flight

  • P-8 Orion, (U.S. Navy Air Test and Eval Squadron 1, Pax River)

  • P-51D “Swamp Fox” 

  • T-38A Talon (Beale AFB, CA) 

  • Twin Beech Aerobatics Demo - Younkin Airshows

  • UH-60 Blackhawk, (8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, Ft. Knox KY)  

  • UPS Airlines Airbus 300 (Louisville IAP, KY)

  • USAF Heritage Flight

  • U.S. Army Golden Knights, Fort Bragg, NC

  • Waco Taperwing (Nick Coleman, Louisville KY)

  • Yak 52 (Bowman Field, Louisville KY)

The Kentucky Derby Festival produces over 70 events, including Thunder. It provides an estimated impact of $56 million to the area’s economy.

The theme of this year’s show is “Through the Decades.” Thunder is set for Saturday, April 22.

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