美国空军USAF雷鸟飞行表演队THUNDERBIRD靓丽的一景

USAF Thunderbird is the most advanced and the most spectacular acrobat team in the world. Their maneuvers are beautifully designed and precisely executed. Their formation is incredibly close and tight at speed of hundreds of miles per hour. 

One clumsy move will cause collision in the air and mishap did happen in the past. This job is not for fainted heart. 

One new pilot joined Thunderbird. After the first flight, he asked the team leader" Do we really have to be this close?" What Thunderbird team did is way beyond test book or ordinary flight protocol. 

This is one of the breathtaking move performed by Thunderbird: five jets go straight up. In the mid air, four of them split and turn upside down in different direction while one of them keeps going up at tremendous speed. 

This is one of the pilots walking on tarmac after landing. Can you believe that? It is a she. Yes, she is a female F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot just performed those insane moves in the air. By the way, one of the ground crews is also a female officier. 

Video and photos are big part of the air show. That male cameraman operates some serious heavy machinery to keep the vibration and unwanted movement to minimum. To be honest, my attention doesn't focus on that guy. Instead, that slim blonde with ponytail caught my attention. She is hot. It reminds me a famous Chinese phrase: 男女搭配，干活不累。

Finally, Thunderbirds salute to the crowd and salute to WXC readers. The short pilot, third from right is female Thunderbird number 4: Lauren Schlichting. 

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• One more, taken in a cloudy day in January 2009 -xia23- ♂ (81 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 09:47:57

• It needs a long lens to get a shot like this -永远老李- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 09:55:29

• 50-500 mm, Sigma. What is yours please? -xia23- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 12:57:16

• 18-200mm Nikkor -永远老李- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 13:38:39

• Thank you! -xia23- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/17/2023 postreply 04:00:14

• The blue angels were here recently with their Super Hornets. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 10:01:50

• I didn't go to the show and remembered only the aviatrix :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 10:03:50

• Blue Angels are equally impressive. -永远老李- ♂ (81 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 10:11:36

• Thunderbirds r more contrasty in the sky, blueangels almost -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 10:08:50

• blind in. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 10:09:09

• 老李同学好文！占位点赞，回头细看。：） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 13:09:22

• They put on quite a show -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 13:17:49

• Vegas show, Broadway show, TV shows, etc -永远老李- ♂ (181 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 13:37:50

• 哇！仔细读了。这真的是大片！多谢航空科普！非常有趣的帖子。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 17:46:13

• Breathtaking performance by Thunderbird ! who made them? -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 17:49:42

• American company General Dynamic made this fighter jet -永远老李- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 18:36:16

• Thunderbird's home base is in Las Vegas -永远老李- ♂ (98 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 19:14:41

• 以后看航空秀，我来注意一下蓝鸟。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 19:27:40

• Blue Angel and Thunderbird -永远老李- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 19:58:46

• Their formation is incredibly close and tight at speed of -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 17:50:25

• hundreds of miles per hour. VERY IMPRESSIVE! -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 17:51:23

• 老李好图。我从来没有拍好过雷鸟，但比较满意地拍过蓝天使。改日贴几张。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/17/2023 postreply 10:51:49

• F-16 真漂亮！从小时候第一次见到《航空知识》里它的实体模型图，就喜欢上了。 -johniewalker- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/20/2023 postreply 09:28:14