Aerospace Valley Air Show
— hosted for Free at Edwards Air Force Base near Lancaster, California
All Day Air Show Event | October 18 & 19, 2025
This year the Edwards Airforce Base hosts the Aerospace Vally Air show with a STEM program featuring many exciting activities including over 80 hands-on booths and activities to encourage students and educate parents on opportunities in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. Kids and adults can climb on and in different aircraft, talk to aviators from all over the United States and even climb a rock wall. The USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team, and several surprises you will have to see to believe! Crowd favorites such as a Kids Zone and beer garden round out the entertainment.
The base last hosted the public for such an event in October 2022, when nearly 100,000 people attended. The 2022 Air show organized by the 412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, this event was the first air show at the Edwards Air Force Base since 2009, or 13 years ago.
General admission to show grounds is free to everyone.
EDWARDS AFB — Edwards Air Force Base will once again open its gates to thousands of visitors for the immensely popular Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show and STEM Expo. 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the United States Air Force, while October 14, 2022 marks 75 years of breaking the sound barrier over the sky above Edwards. During this weekend, we will pay homage to both legacies with historic aircraft and sonic booms, mixed with the latest in cutting-edge aviation… You never know who will drop in from the desert sky!
The show will feature military and civilian aerial acts, including the following:
• U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds ( F-16 Fighting Falcon)
• U.S. Air Force F-35A Demonstration Team
• U.S. Air Force B-2 flyby (June 29)
• U.S. Air Force E-3 flyby (June 30)
• U.S. Air Force KC-135 flyby
• U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight
• U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Jumpers
• U.S. Special Operations Command’s premier aerial parachute demonstration team
• U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Legacy Flight
• Multi-service military “show-of-force” demonstration
• Bob Freeman
• Bill Stein
• Brad Wursten
• Gregory “Wired” Colyer
• Mark Peterson
• Melissa Burns
• Paul “Sticky” Strickland
• Rob Holland
• Skip Stewart
• Smoke N Thunder Jet Shows – JetTruck
• Tinstix of Dynamite
• Tora, Tora, Tora living history
• Yellow Thunder formation team
Photo Credits: Courtesy of Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs and U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erica Webster
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