This year's air show at Nellis Air Force Base represented a special milestone for the Air Force as well as for our SlickPixels team; it was the 70th anniversary of Airpower in Las Vegas and the first time we have featured Nellis galleries from my two youngest "shooters" Luke 5 and Kristin 9. I think you will find they do an amazing job, especially when taking their age into account. Please be sure to have a look at their pictures, they are very excited about them.

This year's show continued the current trend toward fewer aircraft, obviously as a cost saving measure and the USAF has now announced that they will cancel their single ship demo teams for the 2012 air show season, with the exception of the F-22 Raptor. The Thunderbirds will remain active as well, obviously, they are not a single ship team.

In any case, even with the cutbacks, the show remains a great time and is full of the great air show flying we have all come to expect from the Nellis show. One highlight for us was this year's Aggressor Demo. The 64th and 65th Aggressor Squadrons took to the air with a mach air raid, and intercept complete with flares.

Aircraft photographed include: USAF Thunderbirds, B-25, A-1 Skyraider, F-22 Raptor, F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon (Viper), T-38 Talon, F-86 Sabre, Mig 15, Hind Helicopter, Eurocopter, C-17, E-3 Sentry AWAC, A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog), L-39 Albatross, C-130J Super Hercules, Lear Jet, B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer "BONE", P-51D Mustang, QF-4E Phantom II, Patriots Jet Team, T-33 Shooting Star, MH-60 Pavehawk, CSAR Demonstration, USAF Aggressors Demonstration, Beach 18

Look for these aircraft and more in our galleries above.... interested to learn more about the airplanes in our galleries, check out our online air museum.

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