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A ground-to-air view of four USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft executing an aerial maneuver. The Thunderbirds are making their first demonstration flight outside their home base at Nellis Air Force, Base, Nevada, since they were re-equipped with the F-16 aircraft

A ground-to-air view of four USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sheppard Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tim Park Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Artwork: "Memorial Portrait: CAPT. Nick Hauck Thunderbird". Artist: Jeanette Pajares, US Air Force Art Collection

Artwork: "Memorial Portrait: CAPT. Nick Hauck Thunderbird". Artist: Je...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The USAF Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon display the thunderbird design on their belly as they pass in a diamond formation overhead during the Nebraska Guard Airfest Airshow on April 29, 2001 in Lincoln, Nebraska

The USAF Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon display the thunderbird de...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Vernon Moore, USAF Release St... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mike Chandler, Commander and Flight Leader of the USAF Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team, takes part in a Reenlistment ceremony for Team Pete personnel (in row). Reenlisting are, Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Fair, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Colvin and SSGT Brown re-enlist on the flightline

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mike Chandler, Commander ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: APSPC Scene Camera Operator: CIV... More

Col. Chuck Booze, 189th Regiment and Oklahoma Regional

Col. Chuck Booze, 189th Regiment and Oklahoma Regional

Col. Chuck Booze, 189th Regiment and Oklahoma Regional Training Institute commander, addresses the crowd during his retirement ceremony at the RTI on June 2, 2018. Booze served for 32 years in the Oklahoma Nati... More

Members of the 47th Flying Training Wing’s Honor Guard

Members of the 47th Flying Training Wing’s Honor Guard

Members of the 47th Flying Training Wing’s Honor Guard team, from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, pose for a picture in their vehicle during their trip to assist Dyess AFB with and active duty funeral for U.S. ... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Erik Gonsalves, U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Capt. Erik Gonsalves, U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Capt. Erik Gonsalves, U.S. Air Force Thunderbird number eight narrator pilot, answers questions during an interview, Feb. 17, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The USAF Thunderbirds are known as... More

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic demonstration during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 12, 2016. The open house featured aeri... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron opposing solo pilot, flies Thunderbird 6, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Mo... More

Artwork: "Thunderbird Heritage," 30 years of USAF Thunderbirds from 1953-1983 Artist: Karl Neumann

Artwork: "Thunderbird Heritage," 30 years of USAF Thunderbirds from 19...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Six F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fly overhead in a delta formation during their first public performance as part of the USAF Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team

Six F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fly overhead in a delta formation du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Simons, USAF Release Status: Re... More

Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive - Thunderbird Lodge Gazebo

Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive - Thunderbird Lodge Gazebo

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The gazebo at Thunderbird Lodge rises above the pristine blue waters of Lake Tahoe. Location: Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada Status: Pub... More

A USAF Thunderbird takes on fuel from the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS) KC-135 Stratotanker. The F-16C Fighting Falcon, traveling in the eastern direction of the mid morning sun, places the receiver in the deep shade of the tanker

A USAF Thunderbird takes on fuel from the 351st Aerial Refueling Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon pulls off the runway and retracts its landing gear as it starts its performance at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon pulls off the runway and retra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

The USAF Thunderbird F-16C Fighting Falcon #1 sits on the ramp at the Nebraska Air National Guard Base, Lincoln Municipal Airport, Nebraska, preparing for departure to Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The USAF Thunderbird F-16C Fighting Falcon #1 sits on the ramp at the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Vernon Moore, USAF Release St... More

A Thunderbird F-16A Fighting Falcon flown by the U.S.

A Thunderbird F-16A Fighting Falcon flown by the U.S.

A Thunderbird F-16A Fighting Falcon flown by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team from 1983-1992 is on display June 1, 2018, at the east end of the Hill Aerospace Museum’s Fighter Gallery a... More

A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird performs a demonstration

A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird performs a demonstration

A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird performs a demonstration the day before the 2020 Ocean City Air Show at Ocean City, Md., August 14, 2020. The demonstration team is scheduled to perform at the upcoming Ocean City A... More

Four A-10C Thunderbolt IIs perform aerial maneuvers

Four A-10C Thunderbolt IIs perform aerial maneuvers

Four A-10C Thunderbolt IIs perform aerial maneuvers during a combat search and rescue demonstration at the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 12, 2016. T... More

Four F-16 Fighting Falcon Thunderbirds, from the U.S.

Four F-16 Fighting Falcon Thunderbirds, from the U.S.

Four F-16 Fighting Falcon Thunderbirds, from the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, fly in a diamond formation during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, A... More

Four Air Force Thunderbird Air Demonstration Squadron T-38 Talon aircraft fly in a diamond formation during an air show

Four Air Force Thunderbird Air Demonstration Squadron T-38 Talon aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charles Diggs Release Status: Re... More

A left side view, as pilots board, of six F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft being used for the first time in an air show by the USAF Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team

A left side view, as pilots board, of six F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon retracts its landing gear as the aircraft climbs into the South Carolina sky from Shaw Air Force Base, for an afternoon performance

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon retracts its landing gear as t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon takes to the air with the Pratt & Whitney jet engine in full afterburner during a demonstration at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon takes to the air with the Prat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

One of the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft sits at its designated slot on the flightline at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB)

One of the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: APSPC Scene Camera Operator: CIV... More

A member of the Wings of Blue U.S. Air Force Skydiving

A member of the Wings of Blue U.S. Air Force Skydiving

A member of the Wings of Blue U.S. Air Force Skydiving Team descends with a POW/MIA flag toward show center of the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 13,... More

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic demonstration over five U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House event at D... More

An Air Force Thunderbird Air Demonstration Squadron T-38 Talon aircraft takes off during an air show

An Air Force Thunderbird Air Demonstration Squadron T-38 Talon aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charles Diggs Release Status: Re... More

Members of the Air Force Band of the West and Tops in Blue perform before 15,000 troops as part of a day of festivities in honor of comedian Bob Hope. One of the events honoring Mr. Hope's 50 years of entertaining American armed forces around the world will be the renaming of the base's Thunderbird Theater as the Bob Hope Performing Arts Center

Members of the Air Force Band of the West and Tops in Blue perform bef...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas(TX) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael J. Haggerty Release Status: ... More

Outside the Thunderbird hangar two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters on display with twelve helmets symbolize the airmen killed in a helicopter accident. The airmen died when two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters crashed 25 miles north of Indian Springs in the Pintwater Mountain Range, at night, during a simulated rescue mission of a survivor on the ground

Outside the Thunderbird hangar two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters on disp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gary Guese, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

190920-N-RB546-0035 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 20,

190920-N-RB546-0035 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 20,

190920-N-RB546-0035 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 20, 2019) Stewie, the U.S. Navy’s environmental mascot, poses with an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, “Thunderbir... More

An F-22 Raptor and a P-51 Mustang perform “Heritage

An F-22 Raptor and a P-51 Mustang perform “Heritage

An F-22 Raptor and a P-51 Mustang perform “Heritage Flight” behind a row of Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcons during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Ma... More

U.S. Airmen from  the Colorado Air National Guard uncover

U.S. Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard uncover

U.S. Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard uncover the vertical tail of Thunderbird 6 to begin the process of removing the tail, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 14, 2017. The F-16 aircraft was ret... More

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic demonstration during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 12, 2016. The open house featured aeri... More

Thunderbird Display in the Spanish Speaking Second Ward

Thunderbird Display in the Spanish Speaking Second Ward

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A ground-to-air view of four USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcons in a diamond formation. The Thunderbirds are making their first demonstration flight outside their home base at Nellis Air Force, Base, Nevada, since they were re-equipped with the F-16 aircraft

A ground-to-air view of four USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcons in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sheppard Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tim Park Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Six USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcons form up in a Delta formation over Germany

Six USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcons form up in a Delta formatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

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

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off above a line of Ital...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Hill-Wales Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Vance Randall with the 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) refuels the Number 8 F-16 Fighting Falcon Thunderbird aircraft at Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Delaware (DE), on its arrival for the weekend Air Show

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Vance Randall with the 436th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CIV Jason N. Minto, USAF Release Status... More

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Neptune, N. J. , Nov. 16, 2011 -- Chris Quackenbush, Thunderbird District Executive, Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America, listens to a presentation by FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer FCO William Vogel, during a tour for private sector partners at FEMA's Joint Field Office (JFO) in Neptune. Lead by Susan Langhoff, FEMA Assistant External Affairs Officer for Private Sector, leaders and members of New Jersey's private sector toured the FEMA JFO in Neptune. Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Neptune, N. J. , Nov. 16, 2011 -...

The original database describes this as: Title: Private Sector leaders tour New Jersey JFO Production Date: 11/16/2011 Caption: Neptune, N. J. , Nov. 16, 2011 -- Chris Quackenbush, Thunderbird District Execu... More

A Soldier from the 1245th Transportation Company, assigned

A Soldier from the 1245th Transportation Company, assigned

A Soldier from the 1245th Transportation Company, assigned to 1st Cavalry Division, holds his daughter following a deployment ceremony July 2 at East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma. Family members, friends a... More

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic demonstration over five U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House event at D... More

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic demonstration during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House event at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 13, 2016. The open house feature... More

All participants of Operation Gunsmoke '81 rise as an honor guard opens the awards ceremony in the Thunderbird hangar

All participants of Operation Gunsmoke '81 rise as an honor guard open...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '81 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

Artwork: "Thunderbird"Artist: William PhillipsUS Air Force Art Collection

Artwork: "Thunderbird"Artist: William PhillipsUS Air Force Art Collect...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air left side view of four USAF Thunderbird Air Demonstration Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons in a diamond formation during their first air show

An air-to-air left side view of four USAF Thunderbird Air Demonstratio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released... More

An air-to-air overhead view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a diamond formation during the aircraft's first public appearance as the USAF Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team's primary aircraft

An air-to-air overhead view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the USAF Thunderbird Team taxis out from Luke Air Force Base, AZ at the start of their Luke Day Air Show. The Thunderbirds demonstrated combat formations and capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the USAF Thunderbird Team taxis out from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT David Sorrells, USAF Release Status:... More

One of the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft comes to a full stop at its designated slot on the flightline at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB)

One of the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: APSPC Scene Camera Operator: CIV... More

Lt. Col. John Caldwell, 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron

Lt. Col. John Caldwell, 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron

Lt. Col. John Caldwell, 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron commander, 53rd Wing, has been selected to lead the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as Thunderbird No. 1 for the 2019 aerial demonstration season. Thunderbi... More

Members of the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society

Members of the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society

Members of the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society present the colors during a deployment ceremony for the 1245th Transportation Company July 2 at East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma. Family members, friend... More

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds take-off in front of

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds take-off in front of

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds take-off in front of a crowd during the Thunder Over the Rock Air and Space Show at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Oct. 28, 2018. The Thunderbirds performed a variety of a... More

A ground-to-air view of four USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft performing an arrowhead loop. The Thunderbirds are making their first demonstration flight outside their home base at Nellis Air Force, Base, Nevada, since they were re-equipped with the F-16 aircraft

A ground-to-air view of four USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sheppard Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tim Park Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Roger Riggs, pilot, and Governor John Waihee of Hawaii, seated in the rear, give the thumbs up sign as they taxi along the flight line in an Air Force Thunderbird Flight Demonstration Team F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Roger Riggs, pilot, and Governor John Waihee ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Stephen B. Jones Release Status: Re... More

Crewchief STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Matt Dahlin, USAF, wipes down the canopy on the USAF Thunderbird F-16C Fighting Falcon as they prepare for departure from the Nebraska Air National Guard Base, Lincoln Municipal Airport, Nebraska. The Thunderbirds participated in the Nebraska Guard Airfest Airshow and are preparing depart for Fort Lauderdale

Crewchief STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Matt Dahlin, USAF, wipes down the cano...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew A. Roland, USAF Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon, Thunderbird number 5, Lead Solo, USAF Major (MAJ) Todd D. Canterbury, with gear coming up, performs a full-after burner take off during the weekend Nellis Aviation Nation 2003 air show at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year

US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon, Thunderbird number 5, Lead S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Christopher Stricklin, a member of the USAF Thunderbird aerial demonstration team, safely ejects from his F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during an Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID). This is only the second F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crash since the Air Force began using them for its demonstration team

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Christopher Stricklin, a member of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis Iii, USAF Rel... More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Plauche, a Crew CHIEF assigned to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team, marshals the F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft"Thunderbird 8"into position, after the Team Landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, September 9, 2004.  This landing marks the first time in a decade the USAF Thunderbird demonstration team has visited Guam. The Thunderbirds will be performing during an air show held Sunday, September 12, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Plauche, a Crew CHIEF assigned to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Force Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis III, USAF Release S... More

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds patch is worn on the

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds patch is worn on the

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds patch is worn on the flight suit of Capt. Erik "Speedy" Gonsalves, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds advance pilot/narrator, Jan. 25, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Gonsalves, alo... More

Leaders from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower

Leaders from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower

Leaders from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are presented with a commemorative plaque by Capt. Olav Saboe, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector North Bend, in North Be... More

U.S. soldiers with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion,

U.S. soldiers with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion,

U.S. soldiers with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the Afghan National Army, and members of the Community Based Security Solutions police organization, ... More

Jacquie B performs an aerial demonstration in an Extra

Jacquie B performs an aerial demonstration in an Extra

Jacquie B performs an aerial demonstration in an Extra 300 aerobatic monoplane during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 12, 2016. There were 12 aeri... More

Members of the USAF Thunderbird team being interviewed during media seminar training

Members of the USAF Thunderbird team being interviewed during media se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A USAF Thunderbird pilot signs an autograph for a spectator during Luke Day at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. An estimated 150,000 people attended the one-day event, the first to take place here in three years. The Thunderbirds demonstrated combat formations and capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. (Not Shown)

A USAF Thunderbird pilot signs an autograph for a spectator during Luk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Shanna Y. Jones, USAF Release Status:... More

Captain Guy E. Hunneyman, USAF Thunderbird Public Affairs Officer, visits with Erika Cromwell, 7, after a special performance by the Thunderbirds at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Cromwell was one of a number of special needs children who attended the performance sponsored by the Make a Wish foundation

Captain Guy E. Hunneyman, USAF Thunderbird Public Affairs Officer, vis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs an aerial

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs an aerial

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs an aerial demonstration during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 12, 2016. The open house featured aerial demo... More

190920-N-RB546-0013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 20,

190920-N-RB546-0013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 20,

190920-N-RB546-0013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 20, 2019) Stewie, the U.S. Navy’s environmental mascot, poses with Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Caroline Domingoscott, Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog at the ... More

The vertical tail of Thunderbird 6 is separated from

The vertical tail of Thunderbird 6 is separated from

The vertical tail of Thunderbird 6 is separated from the fuselage in a hangar at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 14, 2017. The F-16 aircraft was returning to Peterson Air Force Base after completing a fl... More

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic demonstration during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 13, 2016. The open house featured aeri... More

Thunderbird No. 6 ascends in the sky during a practice

Thunderbird No. 6 ascends in the sky during a practice

Thunderbird No. 6 ascends in the sky during a practice show for the Thunder Over South Georgia Open House, Nov. 6, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. During their demonstrations, the team performed eight differ... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron opposing solo pilot, flies inverted in Thunderbird 6, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House... More

Four F-16 Fighting Falcon Thunderbirds, from the U.S.

Four F-16 Fighting Falcon Thunderbirds, from the U.S.

Four F-16 Fighting Falcon Thunderbirds, from the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, fly in a diamond formation during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, A... More

Attendees exit the flightline as the first day of the

Attendees exit the flightline as the first day of the

Attendees exit the flightline as the first day of the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House comes to an end at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 12, 2016. The free event featured aerial demonst... More

USAF Thunderbird pilots meet with General David C. Jones, USAF, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, at the Pentagon

USAF Thunderbird pilots meet with General David C. Jones, USAF, chairm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey W. Sanborn Release Status: Released to Publ... More

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

A air-to-air left side view of six USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Valley Of Fire State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

An air-to-air left side view of five USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in Delta formation

An air-to-air left side view of five USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Fa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

General (GEN) Jack Gregory, commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, talks with Governor John Waihee of Hawaii while standing in front of an Air Force Thunderbird Flight Demonstration Team F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft

General (GEN) Jack Gregory, commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Stephen B. Jones Release Status: Re... More

Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive - A View of Thunderbird Lodge

Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive - A View of Thunderbird Lodge

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The Thunderbird Lodge, hidden by tall evergreens, sits just above the glittering waters of Lake Tahoe. Location: Location: Lake Tahoe, ... More

A USAF Thunderbird pilot signs an autograph for a spectator during Luke Day at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. An estimated 150,000 people attended the one-day event, the first to take place here in three years. The Thunderbirds demonstrated combat formations and capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. (Not Shown)

A USAF Thunderbird pilot signs an autograph for a spectator during Luk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Shanna Y. Jones, USAF Release Status:... More

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon pulls away from a KC-135 Stratotanker, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas Air National Guard, Forbes Field, after an air refueling mission

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon pulls away from a KC-135 Strat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Shawn Gamber, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Along side the F-16C Fighting Falcon, USAF Thunderbird, Number 1, at the Joint Services Open House 2000; eight recruits from Northern Virginia take the oath of enlistment from Under Secretary of the Air Force Carol DiBattiste

Along side the F-16C Fighting Falcon, USAF Thunderbird, Number 1, at t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bernard Wilson Release Status: R... More

Captain Richard H. Boutwell, USAF Thunderbird team pilot, waves to the crowd as he taxies his F-16C Fighting Falcon toward the runway during a performance at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

Captain Richard H. Boutwell, USAF Thunderbird team pilot, waves to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Baker III, team chief

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Baker III, team chief

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Baker III, team chief for the Thunderbird recovery, 140th Maintenance Group, works to remove the vertical tail from a damaged Thunderbird F-16 aircraft at Peterson Air Force Ba... More

Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry Regiment,

Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry Regiment,

Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, arrive home after an eight-month deployment to Afghanistan during a ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Norman, ... More

Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Juarez, 62nd Expeditionary Signal

Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Juarez, 62nd Expeditionary Signal

Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Juarez, 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, helps Scouts figure out how to heat up their Meals, Ready-to-Eat selections. The Boy Scouts of America Troop 1077 from Dalla... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Erik Gonsalves, U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Capt. Erik Gonsalves, U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Capt. Erik Gonsalves, U.S. Air Force Thunderbird number eight narrator pilot, and Tech. Sgt. Mike Radcliff, USAF Thunderbird number eight advance crew chief, taxi to a parking spot, Feb. 17, 2017... More

Capt. Warren C. Queton, commander of the 1245th

Capt. Warren C. Queton, commander of the 1245th

Capt. Warren C. Queton, commander of the 1245th Transportation Company, attached to 1st Cavalry Division, addresses his Soldiers during a deployment ceremony July 2 at East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma. (U... More

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic

Joe Shetterly, Van’s RV-8 pilot, performs an aerobatic demonstration during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 13, 2016. The open house featured aeri... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alex Turner, U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron opposing solo pilot, launches Thunderbird 6, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis... More

All participants of Operation Gunsmoke '81 gather in the Thunderbird hangar for an awards ceremony

All participants of Operation Gunsmoke '81 gather in the Thunderbird h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '81 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

The US Air Force Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team executes a practice flight over a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft which is being loaded with Cardwell-500 drilling rig equipment.  The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will

The US Air Force Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team executes a prac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Indian Springs Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart, USAF Release... More

After a ceremony during which the base's Thunderbird Theater was renamed the Bob Hope Performing Arts Center, Bob Hope entertains the troops with a 10-minute monologue. The theater was renamed after Mr. Hope in honor of his 50 years of entertaining American armed forces around the world

After a ceremony during which the base's Thunderbird Theater was renam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas(TX) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael J. Haggerty Release Status: ... More

Artwork: "Operation Thunderbird". Artist: Stella Chi

Artwork: "Operation Thunderbird". Artist: Stella Chi

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A USAF Thunderbird pilot signs an autograph for a spectator during Luke Day at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. An estimated 150,000 people attended the one-day event, the first to take place here in three years. The Thunderbirds demonstrated combat formations and capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. (Not Shown)

A USAF Thunderbird pilot signs an autograph for a spectator during Luk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Shanna Y. Jones, USAF Release Status:... More

At a memorial service the 66th Rescue Squadron displays twelve wreaths with yellow roses and a photo of each airman killed in a helicopter accident. The service is in the Thunderbird Hangar, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, while hundreds gather to mourn the loss. The airmen died when two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters crashed 25 miles north of Indian Springs in the Pintwater Mountain Range, at night, during a simulated rescue mission of a survivor on the ground

At a memorial service the 66th Rescue Squadron displays twelve wreaths...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gary Guese, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

The USAF Thunderbird's ground crew prepare their F-16C Fighting Falcons and pilots for flight, during the Joint Services Open House 2000

The USAF Thunderbird's ground crew prepare their F-16C Fighting Falcon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joseph Lozada Release Status: Rel... More

Katie Krize, 6, steadies a pair of binoculars to her face while trying to keep up with the USAF Thunderbird's performance (not shown) at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Krize, daughter of US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Michael Krize, is one of a number of special needs children, sponsored by the Make a Wish foundation, attending the performance

Katie Krize, 6, steadies a pair of binoculars to her face while trying...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

Two USAF Thunderbird solo F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pass canopy to canopy at high speed during their performance at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

Two USAF Thunderbird solo F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pass canopy to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon keeps low to the runway after retracting his landing gear as it increases airspeed after take-off during a show at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

A USAF Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon keeps low to the runway after ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

With the #1 USAF Thunderbird F-15C Fighting Falcon as a backdrop, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks with Air Force members at Nellis AFB, Nevada, during a town hall meeting

With the #1 USAF Thunderbird F-15C Fighting Falcon as a backdrop, Secr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command Scene Camera Oper... More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Plauche, a Crew CHIEF assigned to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team, marshals the F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft"Thunderbird 8"into position, after the Team Landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, September 9, 2004.  This landing marks the first time in a decade the USAF Thunderbird demonstration team has visited Guam. The Thunderbirds will be performing during an air show held Sunday, September 12, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Plauche, a Crew CHIEF assigned to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Force Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis III, USAF Release S... More

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