{"id":231989,"date":"2026-04-02T15:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231989\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:53:07","slug":"thunderbirds-to-soar-into-san-antonio-sky-for-great-texas-airshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231989\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbirds to soar into San Antonio sky for Great Texas Airshow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Sit back in lawn chairs and look up at the sky at a North Side military base in May for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbsa.mil\/GreatTexasAirshow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jbsa.mil\/GreatTexasAirshow\/\">the Great Texas Airshow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph will be open to the public on May 2-3 for people to witness the fan-favorite aircraft teams from the U.S. Department of War \u2014 The Thunderbirds and Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This year\u2019s theme for the Great Texas Airshow is \u201cLet Freedom Roar; Honoring 250 Years.\u201d The show will begin at 11 a.m., but the Thunderbirds\u2019 performance will lift off at 3 p.m., according to their website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Also known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds fly in F-16 fighter jets and perform aerial maneuvers for a little over an hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Golden Knights are the U.S. Army Parachute Team, and the team is recognized for performing daring stunts by skydiving out of aircraft since 1961.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Admission is free for all ages, and people are highly encouraged to bring their own hearing protection for both adults and children. Attendees are also encouraged to provide their own seating, including lawn chairs, at JBSA-Randolph. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Common prohibited items include ice chests, non-clear backpacks and pets that aren\u2019t service animals. More can be found on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbsa.mil\/GreatTexasAirshow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jbsa.mil\/GreatTexasAirshow\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Sit back in lawn chairs and look up at the sky at a North Side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[89775,7425,89774,7424,82,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-231989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-great-texas-airshow","9":"tag-jbsa","10":"tag-jbsa-randolph","11":"tag-military-city-usa","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-headlines","15":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}