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| USAF Aerial Demonstration Teams "Thunderbirds" | ||
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| "Thunderbird" T-38As photographed with a wide angle lens from the cockpit of another T-38 over Hamilton AFB, California (1974). | A "Thunderbird" F-4E makes a low altitude inverted pass over the flight line at Indian Springs AB, Nevada (1972). | |
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"Thunderbird" F-16s in a delta formation during a practice flight. The team began flying F-16s in public appearances in 1983. |
Soot from the lead F-100's engine and smoke pipe blackens the vertical stabilizer on the "slot" aircraft, showing how close the "Thunderbird" team's intricate maneuvers bring aircraft to each other (circa 1967). |
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"Thunderbird" pilots in F-84s perform the spectacular "bomb burst" maneuver (1956).Organized in 1953 at Luke AFB, Arizona, the "Thunderbirds" team today is the official USAF aerial demonstration team. |
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