Hình đẹp kỹ thuật hải lực và không lực trên thế giới - Phần 1

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- Capt. Christopher Stricklin ejects from the USAF Thunderbirds number six aircraft less than a second before it impacted the ground at an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Sept. 14. Stricklin, who was not injured, ejected after both guiding the jet away from the crowd of more than 60,000 people and ensuring he couldn''t save the aircraft. This was only the second crash since the Air Force began using F-16 Falcons for its demonstration team in 1982. The ACES II ejection seat performed flawlessly.

1980''s -- U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon. The Thunderbirds transitioned from T-38s to F-16s in 1982.

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Tech. Sgt. Marcos Farias attaches a Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night targeting pod to a 149th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon here. The 149th FW will be the first unit in the Air Force to graduate pilots from the F-16 basic course with targeting-pod training.

OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE --Two Air-Defense Fighter F-16A Fighting Falcons from the North Dakota Air National Guardâ?Ts 178th Fighter Squadron fly in formation Nov. 17, 2001 during a combat air patrol mission over Washington in support of Operation Noble Eagle. North American Aerospace Defense Command had more than 100 ANG and Air Force Reserve fighters from 26 locations providing homeland defense, with 100 ad***ional fighters backing them up. Ad***ionally, more than 20 ANG and AFRES tankers are airborne every day to keep fighters refueled.

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 77th Fighter Squadron here returns to base after completing a mission during exercise Sea Lion 04-02 on Oct. 30. Sea Lion 04-02 is an operational readiness exercise being conducted here.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An F/A-22 Raptor is shadowed by an F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane. The F/A-22 combines stealth, supercruise, maneuverability and many other features enabling a first look, first shot, first kill capability that will provide continued air dominance for generations to come.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A NATO Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft flies with three F-16 Fighting Falcons during a recent test mission . The AWACS was here to conduct airborne interoperability testing on the Link-16, part of the F-16 Mid-Life Upgrade test program.

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England -- A group of F-16 Fighting Falcons are lined up in a static display at this year''s Royal International Air Tattoo July 21 here. The air show is the largest military air show in the world. It features more than eight countries'' air forces and armies.

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi toward parking spots at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Airmen and aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are currently deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- The pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 157th Expe***ionary Fighter Squadron prepares to take off on a combat sortie from a forward-deployed location in the Arabian Gulf region.