John Freedman’s Views of the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2025
Oshkosh night air show sequence, that’s the Pratt & Whitney B-747SP in the foreground
All photographs by John Freedman
Here are thirty-six examples of what photographer John Freedman recorded for history at the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2025. During day and night, John was ready to photograph many of the unique opportunities that were “only at Oshkosh” as the popular saying goes.
Time lapse photo at one of the two nighttime air shows with pyro and fireworks © John Freedman
Six of the seven F4F and FM-2 Wildcats on the field at Oshkosh this year
Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldiver and Grumman Wildcat during a Warbirds in Review presentation
US Air Force U-2 in front of a New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-46
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star warbird wearing Texas Air National Guard colors
Consolidated PB4Y warbird wearing US Coast Guard colors
The NextGen Eagles aerobatic team
Miss Mitchell – a North American B-25
MiG-17 in afterburner
A late World War II warbird formation, a Me-262 leads a pair of P-51 Mustangs
Replica Messerschmitt ME-262 jet fighter of the Military Aviation Museum
Greg Koontz inverted in front of the AirVenture crowd
US Air Force KC-46A Pegasus
US Air Force Heritage Flight… P-51 Mustang leading a P-47 Thunderbolt and F-35 Lightning II
Goodyear blimps wearing a throwback and a current color scheme
Dressed for the occasion!
Folds of Honor – Ed Hamill aerobatics
The Air Legends Foundation’s Grumman Cat Flight included the F6F Hellcat, F8F Bearcat, F4F Wildcat, and the F7F Tigercat
The Cat Flight from another angle
The Commemorative Air Force’s B-29 FIFI, with a replica World War II atomic bomb in the truck
US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II
US Air Force F-22 Raptor
Both airworthy Boeing B-29s flew in the show, here’s DOC making a low pass
Past EAA Warbirds of America President Connie Bowlin interviews Clay Lacy
Grumman C-1 Trader
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt “Bonnie”
One of the 75th Wing’s Republic A-10C Thunderbolts; the Wing flew their last A-10 flights shortly after AirVenture and retired their jets
AirVenture 2025 was the final appearance of the Maryland Air National Guard’s A-10 Thunderbolt before the type was retired
DeHavilland Vampire flown by Jerry Conley
Night air show photo #1
Night air show photo #2
Night air show photo #3
Night air show photo #4, Bob Carlton in his Fox jet glider
Night air show photo #5
Nathan Hammond in his GhostWriter, night air show photo #6
