15 Coolest Aircraft at Oshkosh AirVenture 2026Getty ImagesIf you like cars, maybe you like airplanes, too?The Oshkosh Air Show, officially known as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, is the largest annual aviation gathering and air show in the world. It takes place every summer at Wittman Regional Airport in rural Oshkosh, Wisconsin, drawing over 600,000 attendees and roughly 10,000 aircraft, mostly Piper Cubs and Cessna 150s parked on the grass all over the field. But there were others.Above is the striking arctic-ghost camo MiG-29UB owned and piloted by billionaire entrepreneur and astronaut Jared Isaacman. Just one of the cool things you'll see at the show.1)Photo credit: Getty ImagesThe RAF Red Arrows make a fly-by pass during the afternoon air show.2)Photo credit: Getty ImagesThe RAF Red Arrows perform a maneuver during the afternoon air show.3)Photo credit: Nick Ut - Getty ImagesA Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.4)Photo credit: Nick Ut - Getty ImagesAdvertisementAdvertisementA Rockwell B-1B Lancer, commonly known as the B-1B.5)Photo credit: Tim Bieber - Getty ImagesCrowd checks out a USAF B1 Bomber6)Photo credit: Nick Ut - Getty ImagesA Boeing C-17 Globemaster III on display.7)Photo credit: Nick Ut - Getty ImagesA Boeing C-17 Globemaster on display.8)Photo credit: Nick Ut - Getty ImagesAdvertisementAdvertisementVintage propeller-driven military trainers.9)Photo credit: Layne Kennedy - Getty ImagesA historic Ford Trimotor.10)Photo credit: Vince Streano - Getty ImagesThe biplane with registration N450V is a 1942 Boeing-Stearman Model B75N1 (c/n 75-6484) christened the "Black Baron."11)Photo credit: Scott Germain/Stocktrek Images - Getty ImagesA Vought F4U-5 Corsair (registered as N179PT, Bureau Number 122179) wearing the distinctive checkerboard markings of Marine Fighter Squadron 312 (VMF-312) has a history of appearing at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and Corsairs regularly feature in the warbird lineup at the event.12)Photo credit: Rob Edgcumbe/Stocktrek Images - Getty ImagesAdvertisementAdvertisementSeveral P-51 Mustangs attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year. Estimates and counts from the event put over 20 Mustangs on site.13)Photo credit: Rob Edgcumbe/Stocktrek Images - Getty ImagesAnother P-51.14)Photo credit: Getty ImagesFireworks explode over the Southwest Airlines' Independence One during the night air show.15)Photo credit: Getty ImagesFireworks ignite over the Brown Arch during the night air show.16)Photo credit: Getty ImagesAdvertisementAdvertisementGridiron Air's Boeing 777 used by the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.17)Photo credit: Getty ImagesNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks on the future of the US space program during a Boeing Plaza presentation.18)Photo credit: Getty ImagesThe RAF Red Arrows fly by in a delta formation.19)Photo credit: Nick Ut - Getty ImagesGoodbye to the Bone (B1 = B-One = Bone).
