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USAF Thunderbirds pilots and F-16C Falcons spare, #6 and #5, Pikes Peak Regional Air Show, Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, 24 September 2017.
Figure since it's really late (11 PM), I'll post more photos tomorrow. But for now, enjoy.
The backstory of how the USAF got Growlers is at this link. It's rather odd to see theirs bouncing at OLF, but perhaps a good way to advertise the 390th Electronic Combat Squadron, the Wild Boars!
USAF 27th FS, 1st FW Lockheed Martin F-22A-35-LM Raptor 09-4185 '1st OG' 'FF'.
AirVenture 2019 - Day 2. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Monday, 22nd July 2019.
Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Fighting Falcon
Registration# 91-0398
Serial# CC-96
Executing a tight turn and churning the condensation into rings.
William Tell Fighter Competition,
Tyndall AFB, Florida
1972
"The Happy Hooligans", 119 Fighter Interceptor Group, Fargo Air National Guard Base, North Dakota.
Scanned from a Kodachrome 25 slide.
The three memorial spires range from 201 feet (61 m) to 270 feet (82 m) high and appear to be soaring; its array of stainless steel arcs against the sky evoke the image of "contrails of the Air Force Thunderbirds as they peel back in a precision 'bomb burst' maneuver." Only three of the four contrails are depicted, at 120 degrees from each other, as the absent fourth suggests the missing man formation traditionally used at Air Force funeral fly-overs
The four bronze statues of the Memorial's Honor GuardThe spire structure consists of stainless steel plates with high-strength concrete filling the lower 2/3rds of each spire. The upper third is hollow stainless steel. At the transition between concrete and hollow steel portions, dampers provide aerodynamic stability and dissipate wind sway energy. Each damper consists of a lead ball weighing about a ton that is allowed to roll inside a steel box. The structural design of the spires was completed by the Arup engineering consultancy.
Manufacturer: Boeing Co
Operator: USAF
Type: KC-46 Pegasus (56066)
Location: Moron Air Force Base, Andalucia, Spain
A U.S. Air Force service member communicates with fellow troops during an exercise scenario at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., Nov. 8, 2012. Special Operations Forces utilize the range’s rough terrain and unique layout to conduct realistic training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexxis Pons Abascal)
March 21, 1972 I began my service during the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the US Air Force. September 18, 1947. This was printed on a great many Air Force related items my first year of service. I was only 19 and didn't get the big picture then but I was a member of the "Few" who serviced in the most powerful military to have ever existed in the history of man. the US Air Force had more planes and more nukes in that time than at any other time in history and I was part of it. The plane is a mystery, it should be a Republic F-105 Thunder Chief but the vertical stabilizer isn't correct for a F-105.