The Air Force has released the 2007 schedule for the Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration team and the list of cities hosting Air Force Week in 2007. The Thunderbirds plan to participate in more than 68 shows in 21 states and nine European countries. View the T-bird schedule here. The Air Force says that the following six locations each plan to host an Air Force Week: Phoenix (March 19-25); Sacramento (June 4-10); last year’s inaugural city St. Louis (July 2-8); New England (Aug. 18-26); Hawaii (Sept. 10-16); and Atlanta (Oct. 8-14). Read more here.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall doesn’t see great value in trying to break the Sentinel ICBM program off as a separate budget item the way the Navy has with its ballistic-missile submarine program, saying such a move wouldn’t create any new money for the Air Force to spend on other…