U.S. Air Force demonstration team the Thunderbirds.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or Thunderbirds for short is a demonstration team of the U.S. Air Force. The team is based at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas in the state of Nevada. The team tours the US every year and sometimes performs out-of-country shows. The spectacular show is flown with six Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons that have been given a beautiful colour scheme.
This picture was taken on 24 April 2016 at Langley Air Force Base at the beginning of the team's flight demonstration.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…