For Maj. Lauren "Threat" Schlichting, 32, who pilots the No. 3 jet in the right wing position, this is her rookie season with the Thunderbirds. Lakeland will be her third air show performing with ...

For Maj. Lauren "Threat" Schlichting, 32, who pilots the No. 3 jet in the right wing position, this is her rookie season with the Thunderbirds. Lakeland will be her third air show performing with ...

MINOCQUA, Wis. (WSAW) - The Lakeland hockey team has gotten used to playing deep into the postseason. They’ve made it to state each of the past two years. However, this year, there’s something ...

Eyes to the sky, Lakeland. The Air Force Thunderbirds and thousands of other aircraft will buzz overhead for the 36th annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In and Expo on Tuesday, April 13 through ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — The country’s most elite military demonstration team is recognizing a Lakeland Police sergeant. Sgt. Chad Mumbauer doesn’t consider himself a hero. “I don’t feel like a ...

LAKELAND — Officials with Lakeland’s Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In & Expo were awaiting word Thursday on whether the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds would appear here next week after the death of pilot Maj ...

The organizers of the Melbourne Air & Space Show created a memorial to fallen Thunderbirds pilot Maj Stephen Del Bagno, call sign Cajun, who died in a crash on April 4 in Nevada.

A school district on Long Island is shelling out a ludicrous $23M and change to phase out its Native American “Thunderbirds” team name — despite suing for years to keep it.

The organizers of the Melbourne Air & Space Show have paid tribute to the Air Force Thunderbirds pilot who died earlier this month in a training accident. Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, call sign Cajun ...