Thunderbirds demo team



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    USAF F-16C block 32 #87-0325 from the Thunderbirds is performing a display at RAF Fairford on July 14th, 2007. [Airliners.net photo by Peeters Erik]
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    USAF F-16C block 32 #87-0325 from the Thunderbirds is taxiing past the camera at Krzesiny AFB on June 26th, 2007. [Airliners.net photo by Bartosz Kozlowski]
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    Thunderbird #1 begins to pitch left off of the Diamond to land at Buckley AFB to prepare for the upcoming show weekend. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    Thunderbird maintenance personal launch jets 1-6 for a training sortie over the Aurora Reservoir out of Buckley AFB. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    The Thunderbird Diamond pitches to land over Thunderbird #7 after performing over the Aurora Reservoir. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    Major Darrick Lee gets sprayed with champagne after exiting the cockpit of his sendoff ride. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    SSgt. Benjamin Ayivorh waits to marshal out Thunderbird #4 for his departure out of Wyoming. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    Thunderbird #4 claps and waves as he taxis out to depart KCYS. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    Alex 'Tuna' Turner fires up his jet in preparation for the 2016 United States Air Force Academy graduation flyover. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    Thunderbird #1 'Reggie' begins his taxi for the 2016 USAF Academy Graduation Flyover. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
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    Thunderbird 6 sits in a hangar at Peterson AFB on March 14th, 2017. The F-16 was returning to Peterson AFB after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation on June 2nd, 2016 when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet. [ANG photo by SSgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea]
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    Airmen from the Colorado ANG Crash Damage Disabled Aircraft Recovery Team work to remove the vertical tail from the fuselage of a damage Thunderbird F-16 on March 14th, 2017. The F-16 was returning to Peterson Air Force Base after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet. [ANG photo by SSgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea]
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    Airmen from the Colorado ANG Crash Damaged Disabled Aircraft Recovery Team work to remove the vertical tail from the fuselage of a damage Thunderbird F-16 on March 14th, 2017. The F-16 was returning to Peterson Air Force Base after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet. [ANG photo by SSgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea]
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    The vertical tail of Thunderbird 6 is separated from the fuselage in a hangar at Peterson AFB on March 14th, 2017. The F-16 was returning to Peterson after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet. [ANG photo by SSgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea]
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    USAF F-16B block 15 #80-0638 in the colors of the USAF's T-Bird demo team, seen here on the transient ramp at Reese AFB in March of 1990. [Aerialvisuals.ca photo by Tom Tessier]