On Oct 24^th, 2009, Holloman AFB held its bi-annual open house / airshow. Even though it was only a one-day event this year, as usual it was a good one. The three primary highlights were the F-22 demo, QF-4E participation in the Heritage Flight, and the CF-18 Hornet demo team, whose aircraft sports a Centennial paint scheme - metallic gold with blue and white. The T-38s and German Tornadoes participated with flybys, a C-17 mini demo was shown off, a four-ship F-22 Raptor flyover was seen, Matt Younkin saluted his father Bobby with an incredible aerobatic performance in his Beech 18, nicknamed “Magic By Moonlight”. Other aerobatic performers included Tim Weber and John Klatt, both flying Extra 300s. The USAF Reserve jet car was present, showing off its power. The B-25, “Pacific Prowler” was on display and also went up in the air to show off its beautiful paint job. The aircraft features some very well done nose art - a Grim Reaper with an American flag. The P-51 aerobatic team, the Horseman, was there as well. An MQ-1 Predator also made a pass over the flight line. Static displays included a QF-4E, F-22, the GAF color Tornado, several T-38s, a B-1, Predator and Reaper UAVs, a pair of A-10s, and a V-22 Osprey. The main attraction was the ACC Heritage Flight: QF-4E Phantom, F-22 Raptor, and P-51 Mustang. Some of us feared that because of it being scheduled as the last act of the day, that the sun would be in our faces and would turn our photos into silhouettes, such as what happened at the 2007 airshow. But fortunately this was not the case and they came by with the sun still a bit to our backs and with plenty of blue sky in front of the formation. This event, combined with the F-4 Phantom Society’s annual “PhanCon”, which was also held at Holloman just a few days later, made for quite a week for Phantom fans.