The eleventh annual California Capital Airshow took place on October 1‐2 with the United States Navy Blue Angels as the headline act for the first time since 2008 . Joining the lineup included the U . S . Air Force F‐16 Viper Demo Team and Canadian Forces CF‐18 Hornet Demo Team . The show also featured a wide variety of the different warbirds for the crowd to enjoy .
Prior to aerial activities , the crowd was able to visit static display aircraft which included lots of different military aircraft like the new F‐35A Lightning II based out of Luke AFB and a rare U‐2 Dragon Lady spy plane based out of Beale AFB . On Saturday , the weather was nice and sunny , but on Sunday it was more cloudy and rained for a few moments as the day went on .