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Both the USAF Thunderbirds and USN Blue Angels dur

Both the USAF Thunderbirds and USN Blue Angels during practice at the range in El Centro Ca. The Thunderbirds performing their new routine for the 2021 airshow season. The Blue Angels with their freshly painted F 18 Super Hornet
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Merry Christmas 🎁! I hope you had a great day

Merry Christmas 🎁!
I hope you had a great day
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Merry Christmas 🎁! I hope you had a great day

Merry Christmas 🎁!
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A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II with its Pratt

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II with its Pratt & Whitney during a high performance clime with afterburner on at the Orlando Sanford air show 2020. The F-35’s engine can produce 43,000 pounds of thrust giving the aircraft a 1 to 1 thrust to weight ratio with 50% internal fuel. Photo taken with the Sony a7R IV & Sony 200-600mm G lens.
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A close up view of Michael Wiskus in his Lucas Oil

A close up view of Michael Wiskus in his Lucas Oil Pitts S-1-11B aerobatic biplane performing a inverted ribbon cut at the Lockheed Martin Space & Air Show
held at the Orlando Sanford International Airport Fl. Photos taken with the Sony a7R IV & 200-600mm G Lens
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Happy Veterans Day!!! Not a well know fact about

Happy Veterans Day!!!
Not a well know fact about the USAF Thunderbirds is that for some performances each aircraft crew chief will place an American flag in the cockpit that the teams pilots will later that day give out to attendees or veterans in appreciation of their serves to our country. Taken with a Sony a7R IV & Sony 200-600mm G lens.
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#1 Lt. Col. John Caldwell aka “Boss" taxies his

#1 Lt. Col. John Caldwell aka “Boss" taxies his Thunderbirds F-16 for take off at the Lockheed Martin Space & Air Show 2020 in Orlando Fl. Image taken with Sony a7RIV and 200-600mm G lens.
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The USAF Thunderbirds do a fly over of Spaceship E

The USAF Thunderbirds do a fly over of Spaceship Earth at Walt Disney Epcot in Florida in their F-16’s. For the sharp eye individuals you may catch that
the team is one plane down thats because #3 Pilot Maj. Michael Brewer thornytbird3 and wife just had their first child and Boss gave him some time off. 🙂
Image taken with Sony a7R IV and Sony 20mm f1.8 lens.
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Thunderbirds #5 Maj. Michelle Curran Lead Solo Pil

Thunderbirds #5 Maj. Michelle Curran Lead Solo Pilot (inverted) and #6 Maj. Kyle Oliver Opposing Solo perform a mirror image pass in their F-16's at the end of Sat. Orlando air show. Photo taken with Sony a7RIV & 200-600mm lens
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A Lockheed Martin F-22 with its vapor trail silhou

A Lockheed Martin F-22 with its vapor trail silhouetted by the sun at the Fort Worth Alliance air show 2020.
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USAF Thunderbirds Lead Solo #5 Maj. Michelle Curra

USAF Thunderbirds Lead Solo #5 Maj. Michelle Curran (above) & Opposing Solo #6 Maj. Kyle Oliver race across show center in their Lockheed Martin F-16 to join up with the rest of the team. You can see the flames inside the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 afterburner giving the aircraft additional thrust. Photographed at the 2020 Fort Worth Alliance Drive-In air show using a Sony a7R IV & Sony 200-600mm G lens.
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Taken in Chicago over the weekend it has that Goth

Taken in Chicago over the weekend it has that Gotham City look to it. Too bad no Batman available. Shot with Sony a7R IV and Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 lens.
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The Squadron Coin for the Canadian Snowbirds. Give

The Squadron Coin for the Canadian Snowbirds. Given to me by one of the pilots a few years ago. A Sq. Coin or Challenge coins has a long and intriguing history. possibly dating back to the Roman Empire. In Rome, if soldiers excelled in battle one day, they would receive their typical day’s wages along with a separate bonus coin each. According to some accounts, these bonus coins were specially minted, featuring the marks of the legions from which they came. As a result, some soldiers apparently kept their coins as mementos, instead of spending them. Today Sq coins signify that the person is a member of certain military unit and helpes to build camaraderie among its members. One of the traditions unit members challenging one another by slamming their medallions down on a bar. Any member who lacked his medallion had to purchase drinks for everyone else who had their coins. Meanwhile, if everyone could present a medallion, the challenger was the one who had to buy the drinks. Photo taken with Sony a7$ III and 100mm Macro lens with Nissin i700 flash
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A USAF F-35A performing a high speed turn during t

A USAF F-35A performing a high speed turn during the Wings Over Houston Air Show 2019. As the aircraft wings move though them air the air pressure drops along with the temperature and if the temp. goes below the dew point a cloud will form. as seen here. Image taken with the Sony a7RIII and a 200mm lens. .
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The USAF Thunderbirds lead by Lt. Col. John Caldwe

The USAF Thunderbirds lead by Lt. Col. John Caldwell during their performance at the 2019 Wings Over Houston air show.
Photo taken with Sony a7 RIII and 100-400mm lens
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2019 USAF Thunderbird # 6 Maj. Michelle Curran as

2019 USAF Thunderbird # 6 Maj. Michelle Curran as she taxi’s back from the days performance in her F16 viewed though the heat shimmer of another aircrafts jet engine output. Taken with a Sony a7R III and 100-400mm lens
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Thought this was timely

Thought this was timely

Thought this was timely

Thought this was timely

After photographing the USAF Thunderbirds during 2

After photographing the USAF Thunderbirds during 2019 air show season I felt very privileged to be given a Squadron Coin or Challenge Coin by “Boss" LT. Col. John Caldwell the Thunderbirds Squadron Commander and pilot #1 at their last performance of the year. What made it even more memorable was having all the officers present as Boss presented the coin. If you're not familiar with the Challenge coin the story goes that the challenge began in Germany after WWII. Americans stationed there took up the local tradition of conducting “pfennig checks.” The pfennig was the lowest denomination of coin in Germany, and if you didn’t have one when a check was called, you were stuck buying the beers. This evolved from a pfenning to a unit’s medallion or coin, members would "challenge" each other by slamming a medallion down on the bar. If any member present didn’t have his medallion, he had to buy a drink for the challenger and for anyone else that had their coin. If all the other members had their medallions, the challenger had to buy everyone drinks. Photo taken with a Sony a7R III, 50mm macro lens and a Nissin i700 flash
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Kyle Franklin and his biplane Dracula after a long

Kyle Franklin and his biplane Dracula after a long day of performing head back to the airport. Photo taken with a Sony a6000 and Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens. .
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