After a two-year hiatus, the Syracuse Air Show will be back in 2019.

Over 35,000 people filled the grounds of the Syracuse Hancock Airport to see a variety of grounded aircrafts and catch amazing displays in the sky above.

Many air show fans have been asking whether or not there will be the Blue Angels or the Thunderbirds in 2019.

Hancock executive director, Chris Callahan, says it will be the first thing that the airport will request– whether the Blue Angels or the Thunderbirds will put Syracuse on their 2019 list.

The Navy cancelled the Blue Angels appearance in Syracuse less than two weeks before the show because of the deadly crash of one of their pilots in a training session leading up to the Great Tennessee Air Show.

“The loss of the Blue Angels suffered, we took it really hard for them, for the team, for the families and we had a great show. But we’re excited, we think in 2019 it’ll be time to bring a team back, give people the opportunity to see what they can do because it’s beyond amazing,” Callahan said.

As excited as she is for the next air show, Callahan says with so much going on at the airport through next fall, including the huge terminal renovation project, 2019 is realistically the earliest they could pull it off.

“We want to be able to dedicate our time and effort to planning the best air show possible, so it makes sense. The reality is as well these military teams require essentially a two-year lead time so the timing works for us and our schedule and the teams’ schedule as well,” Callahan said.

Callahan says they hope to hear sometime early next year whether the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds will put Syracuse on their schedule for 2019.