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An A-4E Skyhawk adversary aircraft, painted to simulate Soviet-bloc air force camouflage, lands at the air station after a training mission. The A-4E is assigned to the Navy Fighter Weapons School, referred to as "Top Gun," which provides air combat maneuvering (ACM) training for Navy and Marine Corps pilots

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A variety of military and civilian performers entertain

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An air-to-air left side view of four F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft in an echelon formation, with the first two aircraft banking to the right. The aircraft are assigned to the 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

An air-to-air left underside view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in an arrowhead formation, as the Air Force Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team uses them for the first time in an air show

A air-to-air left side view of six USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a delta formation during flight maneuver training

An air-to-air left side view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in an arrowhead formation as the Air Force Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team uses them for the first time in an air show

An air-to-air underside view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team flying formation

An air-to-air left side view of two F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft (one upside down), as the Air Force Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team uses them for the first time in an air show

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft as the Air Force Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team uses it for the first time in an air show

An air-to-air left underside view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a diamond formation as the Air Force Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team uses them for the first time in an air show

An air to air right underside view of four F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, banking to the left. The aircraft are assigned to the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing

An air-to-air underside view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft banking to the left. The aircraft is one of the USAF Thunderbird's Flight Demonstration Team, which is making a solo four-point roll maneuver during training

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State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/01/1982
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Hill Aerospace Museum staff and volunteers reposition

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A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off above a line of Italian Frece Tri colori T-birds MB339/A PAN aircraft. The air demonstrations are taking place on the 3rd and 7th of July

The US Navy (USN) flight demonstration team, the"Blue Angels,"fly their F/A-18A Hornet aircraft in tight formation with their support aircraft a US Marine Corps (USMC) C-130 Hercules aircraft dubbed,"Fat Albert,"over the Alaskan Mountain Range near Mt. McKinley enroute to a performance at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska

An air-to-air right underside view of a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with Mark 82 500-pound bombs on the outside wing pylons, an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the right wing tip and an AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pod on the centerline

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Two Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron A-4F Skyhawk II aircraft execute the "Fortus" maneuver during an air show. In this wingtip-to-wingtip maneuver, both aircraft have their landing gear and tail hooks lowered and one aircraft is inverted

The lead solo pilot with the US Navy (USN) flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, performs a high-speed, low level pass in a USN F/A-18A Hornet over Lake Washington during Seattles SEAFAIR events in Seattle, Washington (WA). SEAFAIR is Seattle's month-long traditional summer festival, with parades, amateur athletics, air shows and boat racing

U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Fisher, U.S. Air Force

A US Air Force (USAF) EC-130E Command Solo aircraft Number 63-7828 from the 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), Pennsylvania Air National Guard (ANG) is marshaled on the flight line at Middletown, Pennsylvania (PA). The Command Solo aircraft is being decommissioned after having acquired the highest number of flying hours in the fleet and will surpass 28,000 flying hours on its final flight. The 193rd SOW will transition to the new EC-130J Command Solo II aircraft. The aircraft bears the signature of many of its former and present crew chiefs in honor of its retirement

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