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Defense 2016 Aviation Week Photo Contest Finalists

December 02, 2016

Guardian of the Sky

Credit: Giovanni Colla, Parma, Italy

In November 2015 during NATO exercise 'Trident Juncture 2015' I was fortunate to be able to fly along with an Italian air force Boeing 767 tanker. After 45 min., three Typhoons from the three Italian air force wings that operate the the type showed up next to us. The unique result features three Typhoons from different Wing divisions.

The Israeli Air Force A-4 Skyhawk Farewell Ceremony

Credit: Amit Agronov, Beer Sheva, Israel

This photograph of an Israeli air force A-4 Skyhawk was shot on Dec. 13, 2015, at Hatzerim Airbase, Southern Israel

The Israeli Air Force F15 I 'Raam'

Credit: Amit Agronov Beer Sheva, Israel

An Israeli air force F-15 climbs in afterburner at Hatzerim Airbase in the south of Israel.

Alien

Credit: Miguel Suarez Gijon, Spain

This Russian Mi-35 helicopter has a vaguely alien look to it.

Gladiators and Angels

Credit: Steven Serdikoff, Collegeville, Pennsylvania

A trio of elite U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornets takes to the skies. In the foreground, TAC Demonstration pilot Lt. John Keith from VFA-106 Gladiators Sqdn. leads Lt. Cdr. Ryan Chamberlain and Cdr. Frank Weiser of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.

Big Plane, Little Plane

Credit: Steven Serdikoff, Collegeville, Pennsylvania

U.S. Navy Lt. John Keith in his F/A-18C Hornet of VFA-106 Sqdn. is shadowed by Aerobatic Champion Rob Holland in his MXS-RH over Virginia Beach, Virginia.

B-2 Flying Over the Rose Bowl

Credit: Mark Holtzman Sherman Oaks, California

A Northrop Grumman B-2 flies over the 2016 Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California.

The Instructors

Credit: Scott Stephens, Meridian, Mississippi

A Sundowner F-5 shares the ramp with NAS Meridian, Mississippi, T-45s during a weekend in August 2016.

Action

Credit: Alain Ernoult, St. Remy l’Honore, France

A French air force Rafale from the Hunting Tiger Silver Coast squadron launches anti-missile flares during a training mission.

F-16 Split

Credit: Benoit Denet, Rixensart, Belgium

Two Belgian air force F-16s perform a split maneuver over Belgium.

Color Burst

The UK Royal Air Force Red Arrows in action.

 

Photo: Curtis Welsh, Melrose, Scotland
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