Sweet!

We did not have Voodoos based anywhere near Sacramento in the late-70s to early-80s timeframe that my dad was working there. However, once in a while I would see CAF or the occasional ANG F-101B fly in. I remember one afternoon when I was in high school, probably about 1981, when I had seen a couple of them fly in. (We lived about 3 1/2 miles directly north of the runway in a mostly rural area.) I remember being woken up out of a dead sleep at about 3:30 AM and the whole house was shaking, the front room window was rattling so violently that I thought it was going to break, and it was so loud that I literally could not hear myself yell. Through the front window, I could see lights and afterburners streaking upwards low over the house. I am convinced that it was the Voodoos blasting out of McClellan AFB and having a little fun at our expense! :diablo:

Anyway, that is the closest that I have come to seeing a Voodoo airshow. I hope that you are able to find the film or VHS transfer, and to be able to see it sometime in the future. It must have been just an awe-inspiring performance!

Cheers!

Ron Easley